European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F r n c h i v y b r a living the Good life British expatriates find a Home by Mark Kinkade staff writer the lager Louis were laughing about the trailer tenant who stepped outside to find Wendy sunbathing topless outside his door. The poor lad was looking around for his wife All the while trying to hold a conversation with Wendy who s lying there half naked on his stoop Kevin Tarbox said Between quaff of Beer. He was a bit Shook to say the least. I can imagine what he must have told his  you should have told him it s just one of the services at Holiday Park bartender Craig Moore said. With every Cabana you get a naked girl on your  for her part Wendy who does t like to give her last name laughed and tried to explain that she had moved to the stoop to get the last bit of Sun shining through the Trees in the trailer Park. But the six men sitting at the bar would have none of it and continued the tale of Wendy and the Man. The conversation was much like any other evening at the cheers bar in port Grimaud France. When the tourists go Home at night and the Street that runs Between the port and Saint trope is quiet a group of British men and women close their shops in town and head for the bar. It s their time to unwind. For a few hours they Aren t congenial hosts and attendant servants. They Call themselves lager louts As a badge honouring their Homeland. They Are expatriate subjects of an Empire hundreds of Miles away drinking wine and Beer and sharing a laugh. For years Many people from the United kingdom Nave made the South of France a second Home just As Many have Given up in English life and moved to the beaches to open tourist based businesses. Stepping into the club is like walking into a vast cavernous English pub. The accents Are unmistakably English and the talk is often Bawdy spirited and the people at the bar Are enigmas. They seem to have dubious pasts and questionable futures and their lives have the mythic ring of a Jimmy Buffett Beach song. One Day with them and the average visitor comes away both envying and pitying these englishmen. Tarbox came to the South of France five years ago. He May have a wife but he s unclear about that. He does admit to living part of the time in Germany and the rest on the c6te d Azur where he manages the trailer Park where Wendy sunbathe. He seems to be the Deal maker in the group. Short and slender Tarbox is a treasure trove of information when he has a customer. He rattles off hundreds of local tales and yams about places to visit and sights to see. He is the quintessential Salesman. Some of the britons who work at Holiday Marina gather at the cheers oar. I have a wonderful product Here Brown came to France with Moore Tarbox said. He ran a Finger across his and helps in the bar when he tends bar Mustache and smiled. We think we the last two bar stools Are usually have the Best life in the world and we occupied by Stewart and Andy two share it when people come Down  Brothers who As Wendy Don t usually Tarbox likes to talk about american offer their last names when they politics life in France and great deals for introduce themselves tourists. Stewart is the entert Aimont director Wendy is a 20-something blonde with for the trailer Park. He s also a disc a sparkling smile a great Tan and wandering feet. Her travels through Europe landed her in France where the Sun and the wine Anchor her for the time. Being. She helps around the trailer Park and likes to ride her moped along the coast Road. Wendy is Quick with a Bawdy joke that puts Tarbox in he s .1 Hairdresser Tutu Illy Stewart Salt Andy nodded his huge shaven head Quito Good at ill too. Does t look the Type docs to one night with the i Arr louts gives a Good picture of their lives. 1 Hoy Aren t hurried about anything except making Money. When the customers ire gone they take Long , find copy bars and drink Large amounts of wine. Good conversation lots of laughter ind the. Warm flow of Friendship make their lives seem idyllic. It s easy to envy their lives. They work on the in much All Day and ire. Part of the. Constant party that is the French Riviera but there is something Elos comte about them. It May to that they Are just a few of the millions of people in the world looking for something that works for them the group that frequents the bar seems to have a lost floating Quality about Thorn. They Lead lives that Border on disaster if the season foils or if the tax Man finds them. But at the same time they Are Carefree reveling in the Joy of life the French find so easy. We Don t plan much past the. Season Tarbox  in .1 reflective jockey in the club but he and Andy also Moi it you us a know room do Odd jobs to make it through the season. Once we were Given 50 pounds about $75 to evict an Arab from a Cabana Stewart said. We bounced him proper we did and he took off swearing the whole  Stewart is Shorter than Andy with Long hair and a Beard. He has round features that make him of us will be tomorrow. I think that s what we Liko about it Down Here to can just Chuck it All and Start Over again if we want and no Ono c.irer.," Kevin Tarbox manages the trailer Park. Come  Moore is a 33-year-old landlocked Sailor. Once Moore who is a dead ringer for English actor Kenneth Branagh was a fireman of the River thames a boat Captain licensed to sail the River. His father was a fireman before him As was his Grandfather and he Hopes one Day to have a son who will follow in his Steps. Now he tends bar and wonders when he May Captain a ship again. A Good season Means the Money he said could be better in France than England so he gave up his Job and headed South. Moore s Fiance Heidi Brown is an american by birth a German citizen and a British subject. Her accent is a swirl of English dialect and american Slang and she fits in with virtually every group who comes in the bar. They Don t really know what to think of me Brown said. Americans think i m american and the brits think i m a subject of the  i i look Jovial and mischief Sparks in Kevin thinks Lis heis he s in charge b. Around Here " Andy on the other hand looks Wendy said