pornosonic1975
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I just thought that I would write my account of something that happened to me around this time last year in Calais.
I was in a new shopping centre which is situated away from the port and is situated on Boulevard Jacquard and is in between Rue Neuve and Rue du Temple. I will try and include a Google Earth image after this report but basically, the shopping arcade comprises of one large main entrance and inside are two main concourses with a central block of shop units. There are small entrance/exits at the other end but the main entrance/exit on Boulevard Jacquard is the one that everyone seems to use, the idea I presume being that you are supposed to walk up one side, looking at the shops and then back down the other looking at the shops, leaving via the main entrance/exit. Google Earth showa that it is 250 Metres long. Interestingly, whilst it showed the complete shopping centre a few months ago, they have swopped it to a picture of it under construction!
Anyhow, I had walked up the one main concourse on the left hand side, looking at a few of the shops and noticed that there was a Sushi Bar at the far end, near to the small rear exits. I then turned and went to walk back down the other side towards the main entrance/exit. As my girlfriend and I turned the corner, I saw (my girlfriend isn't very observant sometimes!) that two young girls were walking casually towards us, holding hands. They were not twins I don;t think but they were both white, in their early 20's, both had long (past shoulder length) light brown hair which was not tied up. They were also wearing light blue denim jeans, and were wearing these identical retro look leather jackets. They had those 70's style wide collars that pinch in then pinch back out before trailing of to form the line of the bottom half of the coat. They also both were pinched in at the middle as they had belts which were fastened with a rather large square buckle at the front. The strangest thing about the coats were that they were made of this strange green, shiny material which ws almost metallic in colour. It's something that I have never seen for sale in any shop in the area or for anywhere else for that matter. I have even researched it online to no avail.
Thinking it strange that these adult girls were holding hands and were dressed identically, with these strange jackets on, we made our way directly to the front of the store to go and get a drink. As we got to within 20 feet of the entrance, the same two girls casually walked in through the front door, wearing the same clothes, holding hands and they were not out of breath or anything. To get to the front of the shopping centre, they would have had to leave at the small rear exit and sprint down the street in order to meet us at that point. It was clear that they had not been running at all and in any case, for them to do such a thing would be pointless.
I am certain that they were not twins (do twins dress identically these days anyhow?) and am assured by my French freind Virginie that this sin't just a 'French thing'. In fact, all the girls that I have spoken to agree that this was a strange way for two adult girls to dress. Incidentally, my girlfriend DID see the girls at the entrance as I pointed out that I had seen them at the other end of the shopping centre previously. I wish that I had gone to speak to them now but I cannot speak French well enough to have been able to explain myself.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Or does anyone have an explanation? I hope that my account does not appear to be too banal or trivial but it was quite a strange thing to experience I feel!
Here is the location below to make things a bit clearer.
link
Paul
post edited to render vast picture as a link - stu
I was in a new shopping centre which is situated away from the port and is situated on Boulevard Jacquard and is in between Rue Neuve and Rue du Temple. I will try and include a Google Earth image after this report but basically, the shopping arcade comprises of one large main entrance and inside are two main concourses with a central block of shop units. There are small entrance/exits at the other end but the main entrance/exit on Boulevard Jacquard is the one that everyone seems to use, the idea I presume being that you are supposed to walk up one side, looking at the shops and then back down the other looking at the shops, leaving via the main entrance/exit. Google Earth showa that it is 250 Metres long. Interestingly, whilst it showed the complete shopping centre a few months ago, they have swopped it to a picture of it under construction!
Anyhow, I had walked up the one main concourse on the left hand side, looking at a few of the shops and noticed that there was a Sushi Bar at the far end, near to the small rear exits. I then turned and went to walk back down the other side towards the main entrance/exit. As my girlfriend and I turned the corner, I saw (my girlfriend isn't very observant sometimes!) that two young girls were walking casually towards us, holding hands. They were not twins I don;t think but they were both white, in their early 20's, both had long (past shoulder length) light brown hair which was not tied up. They were also wearing light blue denim jeans, and were wearing these identical retro look leather jackets. They had those 70's style wide collars that pinch in then pinch back out before trailing of to form the line of the bottom half of the coat. They also both were pinched in at the middle as they had belts which were fastened with a rather large square buckle at the front. The strangest thing about the coats were that they were made of this strange green, shiny material which ws almost metallic in colour. It's something that I have never seen for sale in any shop in the area or for anywhere else for that matter. I have even researched it online to no avail.
Thinking it strange that these adult girls were holding hands and were dressed identically, with these strange jackets on, we made our way directly to the front of the store to go and get a drink. As we got to within 20 feet of the entrance, the same two girls casually walked in through the front door, wearing the same clothes, holding hands and they were not out of breath or anything. To get to the front of the shopping centre, they would have had to leave at the small rear exit and sprint down the street in order to meet us at that point. It was clear that they had not been running at all and in any case, for them to do such a thing would be pointless.
I am certain that they were not twins (do twins dress identically these days anyhow?) and am assured by my French freind Virginie that this sin't just a 'French thing'. In fact, all the girls that I have spoken to agree that this was a strange way for two adult girls to dress. Incidentally, my girlfriend DID see the girls at the entrance as I pointed out that I had seen them at the other end of the shopping centre previously. I wish that I had gone to speak to them now but I cannot speak French well enough to have been able to explain myself.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Or does anyone have an explanation? I hope that my account does not appear to be too banal or trivial but it was quite a strange thing to experience I feel!
Here is the location below to make things a bit clearer.
link
Paul
post edited to render vast picture as a link - stu
