This 15-panel exhibition was designed and created by committed community and trade union activists, including Annick VIDAL, Louis Le BAIL, Jean-Claude BARON, Jean-Claude BRIAND, and others.The exhibition explores various aspects of the history of Nantes Erdre, a district of Nantes stretching from Batignolles through Marsauderies to Saint Joseph de Porterie: its agricultural life, urbanization from the 19th century onward, the arrival of the Batignolles locomotive factory in 1918, the bombings of 1943, and the industrial revival after the Second World War. It offers practical insights into life before the 1960s in the three wooden housing estates built for Batignolles workers, including their social lives and leisure activities…More recent aspects of life in the district are also covered. This exhibition complements the documentary “Le pain noir et les roses rouges,” produced by Batignolles-Retrouvailles.
Source: Nantes Métropole