What the French thought
Whilst today, any French disparagers wouldn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to our glorious British food. Alas, this is documentary evidence that could explain why our continental neighbours might have had good reason not so long ago.
In the mid-sixties, Man Alive visited a town in Kent to see how they were going to try and cash in on French appetites.
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