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No sorry Coco, can't help you there. I had the feeling that you live not far from St James, If you can think of anyone who might want anything mentioned. I have a beautiful art nouveau dark wood dressing table/chest of drawers. Loath to part with it really but no space in the UK to put all these things sob, sob. Anyway spread the word. Thanks in advance and sorry couldn't help with the wardbrobe..... Jeni

Kilns now sold. The house is now sold and all items removed to a french friends barn. Washing machine, cooker (butagaz), Bosch fridge freezer, dishwasher, 3 single beds (two virtually new) various kitchen MFI type units (one to house the gas bottle for the cooker), various bits of bedroom and occasional furniture. Bikes, loads of stuff really. My husband will be there all next week for viewing (Tuesday 27th March - Friday 30th) and buying please text me Jeni in UK on 0783 784 2825 and I will forward contact details of where everything is.

Hi there, My husband is there at the moment (near Avranches, la Manche). Contact me on my hotmail if you are still interested [email protected] if you want to come over and have a look. We're open to offers so it would be great if you could contact us. Here are the details of the kilns Laser Kiln J9 9ft3 (254 litres) gas propane - 7 years old Cost New £2,363 Kiln furniture £210 Temperature indicator - digital display - battery operated £129 Selling for £900 including furniture and temp indicator - ono Buyer collects Silver Kiln S105 10.5ft3 (300 litres) 3 phase - 10 years old Cost New £2,300 Kiln furniture £217 Selling for £60 inc furniture and energy regulator Buyer collects Dyson

Thanks for all your replies, forgot my password and it's too complicated to log back in just now. Best to just contact me on my email address if you are interested at all.

We are currently waiting for the Notaire to call us giving us the date of hand over to the new owners of our house near St James. This date will be end of january beginning of February and we will be coming over to clear the house completely. We have all sorts for sale, white goods, cooker, beds, wardrobes, carpets, two ceramic kilns etc. If interested please email for full list to [email protected]

Alternativley go to www.google.fr and put in ecoles prives marseilles and you will find loads of options Dyson3

If you've travelled alot then get her into a private international school. Mougins is especially well known on the cote d'Azur - See these links - http://www.cad.fr/fr/te/te002.htm I have a thirteen year old and we moved back to the UK after eight years in Northern france, two years being at a french bilingual school in Rennes. She started at Maternelle aged 2. I was not that enthralled with the prospect of her forthcoming secondary education in French state school. France I found was not a very broad minded country and although your daughter will make friends and be happy within it, the education is pretty victorian and the french very fixed in their opinions. Please bear in mind that there is a big unemployment situation in France and even if your daughter/son works really hard and does well there won't be much for her to come out to unless the government changes dramatically very soon. There were recent articles in The Guardian that there are more than 300,000 young people who have come to live in London to find work and are very happy to not be tied up with all the red tape that goes with finding careers and employment. Since arriving back in the UK and found a state school in West Sussex for my daughter I can say that education in the UK is so lively and engaging in comparison. My daughter played the violin and was taught on her own from the age of five and it was looked on as an extra curricular activity. There was no junior orchestra, no junior performances even at the conservatoire in Rennes. Since back in the UK she is a member of two junior string orchestras, and has individual and group tuition for one hour a week. I am overwhelmed with all the activities she could get involved in. I would say realistically it takes children about a year to adapt with the language change. Your five year old will probably be OK. Your 10 year old would find it harder. Please contact me if you would like to chat about our experiences. Marseilles is a city and all could be different but I would not go into french state education, even the private catholic option (not expensive), The french I found went for the Catholic prive option when they had unruly children and were looking for a stricter approach. there are no other alternatives other than private international. I hope this helps. Dyson3