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What would we be without your resources and treasures? In order to keep the knowledge of Clairac alive, we invite you to share with us everything that can document and illustrate our village of the past.

The Lot seen from the place de La Roque. The harbour master's office did not exist yet.

The quai de la Republique and the grant of the bridge flooded in 1927.

hroughout his life, the late Claude Martin knew how to collect knowledge and documents, thus knowing perfectly the life of Clairacais since the 16th century. Even today, you can also help us. For many years, the dear Yvette Coustet has discovered a thousand little treasures.

The Vignals forge, rue Gambetta, became a Crédit Agricole agency and... parking lot!

The Peter Sisters at Unic Plage in the 60s with Yves Albre and Minetti (lifeguard).

Do you recognize them? Here are their nicknames, but do you remember their names? From left to right “Canadair”, “Le grit”, “Popeye”, “Jean Gabin” and “Béloy”!

Entertainment at the Boulin café-hotel on Jean-Jaurès Street, which later became the Gaston Bonhomme, then Jucla and finaly Maron delicatessen.

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So, open your drawers and trunks, leaf through your photo albums, reread the old correspondence of your ancestors... Turn yourself into an explorer and amateur archivist, to enrich in particular our website and our upcoming publications: you rummage around, you set aside, you lend us, we scan and photograph, and we return your loan quickly!

Place Viçose, Albin Veyriès alias Binot (pronounce the final “t”!) and his horse were collecting garbage in the 50s and 60s.

Place Viçose in 1912. Annette Cazenille's great grandfather's work.shop.

Saffin Street in front of the Lux cinema and Dubrana cycles and electricity.

Bichon store, at the corner of Rue des Treilles and Jean-Jaurès. Currently a branch of the Crédit Agricole.

For the time being, it is the valiant poilus of the First World War who interest us: as you know, Laurent Guillemot has traced the lives of the 107: we now know a lot about their lives, and especially their fierce fighting in the trenches. But to illustrate the book we wish to publish, we are looking for portraits, correspondence, memories about them. Ask your relatives: if you don't have any archives on grandfather Emile or uncle Jules, perhaps one of your cousins has some?

The very serious Mrs. Rabié.

Workers of the Rabié crate factory in Longueville located near the lock keeper's house and destroyed by a fire.

La Pause at the current gas station location.

Moustan house seen from the Pressoir street.

Montesquieu street from Théophile-de-Viau square.

The beach, the treasure of Clairac.

Bessous grocery store, rue Jean-Jaurès, next to the café Mon Bar.

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Mr and Mrs Bernard, La Ruche Méridionale, place Serres.

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Place Serres, from left to right: La Ruche Méridionale, Barthe-Lajoie bakery and Coustet grocery store.

Place Serres, the Laval grocery store, now Secours Catholique after having been a milliner/hairdresser Delbonnel.

Courses landaises in the 60's at Viçose square.

The clique “les Coqs Clairacais” parades on rue du commandant-Reilhac. From the back, Robert Maisonneuve, Claude's father.

Cavalcade in 1939 on Saffin street in front of the Dubrana cycles and electricity and the current Philippe hairdressing salon.

The welcoming terrace of the National café in the interwar period.