Now that the razzmatazz of Paris has died down, let’s travel to the South West of France to a place called Saumur beside the River Loire. Let us also ignore the fact that it is Friday 13th today and concentrate on tomorrow’s date – Valentine’s Day.
Photographer H. Armstrong Roberts captured this romantic image in 1928 of two girls deep in conversation and we are left to guess at the subject. Is it about the Delage CO which brought them to the river bank? We don’t think so, but we are grateful to John Warburton and Peter Jacobs for identifying the car and its details (6cyl. 4.5 litre. Approx. 1400 produced 1917-1921.)
The area is surrounded by vineyards, all immaculate as only the French know how, and is home to several impressive chateaux – sublime and romantic as only the French know how. So the subject must be love and we take our hats off to the two lucky young men who join these girls on the rest of their Valentine's Day journey.
(Text Robin Batchelor, image by H. Armstrong Roberts)