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The first holiday that the Brigadieress and I went on together was to Northern France. One of the towns we visited was St Omer, and I remember thinking at the time how striking the Hotel de Ville (town hall) was, sitting as it does in the big market square.<\/p>\n

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Wind forward quite a few years and I’ve finally managed to get a 2mm model made of the Hotel de Ville, which is part of today’s new releases. Alongside it we have some terraced town buildings, nominally French in style but at this scale they could be used in many European countries. Each strip of buildings is 40mm long, and there are eight in the set. We’ve also made up a pack consisting of the Hotel de Ville and two sets of terraces to make up a complete market square.<\/p>\n

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SSS-8164<\/a> – Hotel de Ville – \u00a32.75
\nSSS-8165<\/a> – Terraced Town Buildings – \u00a34.00
\nSSS-8166<\/a> – French Market Square – \u00a310.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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