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To go to Calais, France and ride a dragon. 🐉♥️

On This Day in History - October 21, 1940

October 21, 1940 #OTD World War II: German guns near Calais, France fired 6 shells at Dover, England, United Kingdom between 1400 and 1600 hours; only some of the shells detonated. Pictured: German railway gun firing shells outside Calais.

On This Day in History - October 20, 1940

October 20, 1940 #OTD World War II: German guns near Calais, France fired 50 shells at Dover, England, United Kingdom; 15 of the shells detonated.

This is a thing that happened.

I was in France recently. My grandparents have a house there; 12 hours south of Calais. My grandad is Iranian. Yep. He isn't cruel or whatever but he is INCREDIBLY efficient. He's me but times ten. I was raking some leaves after he went round the perimeter of their garden (bearing in mind hes 72... read more

The Challenges of being a Non refugee migrant.

It has been some time that I lived here in Calais, France but never did I got a message from the Immigration or any authorities that I'm obliged to do something since my settlement here, i just known these informations from other immigrants that I have met that they do these things etc. I inquired... read more

On This Day in History - September 26, 1944

September 26, 1944 #OTD World War II: German shore batteries, cut off behind Allied lines around Calais in France, bombarded Dover, England, United Kingdom, killing 49 people. The Royal Air Force retaliated with a series of bombing raids in which the gun sites were pounded into silence. Pictured:... read more