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One of the anecdotes that Carlton Kirby (commentator) was relating during an early stage says something about the depth of French dislike of the English. Outside a boucherie in Crecy at a stage in 2010, he bumped into a Frenchman. Apologising in French, the Frenchman recognised he wasn't French.
"You are English?" he enquired
"Yes" replied Carlton
"You killed all our young men!!!" the Frenchman snorted and walked off.
The Battle of Crecy was in the 1340s!!
It amazing how some people look for a reason to dislike their neighbours by dredging up impossibly distant instances that have no bearing on the now.
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Eric