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Year 10 ASDAN Trip
As the lace industry grew here it grew alongside the development of Calais and the city became the most populated in France.
During the war between France and England and Edward 3rd won and wanted to take the area of Calais over. It resisted for 11 months. Calais run out of food. A deal was struck where 6 rich people had to walk barefoot ready to give their lives and this meant that the lives of the people of Calais were saved. These 6 people are called burghers ( not the meat kind !).
There is a very famous statue in Calais of these 6 burghers.
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