In the 1970s, Bernard Pin worked for Gaston Decamps, restoring some of the 19th century automata made by Gaston's father Ernest in the late 19th century, including the walking peacock.

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And join me as I clamber aboard the train for Strasbourg - the town in eastern France that the entire Parliament decamps to from Brussels each month, in one of those rituals critics of the EU, and, to be fair, the majority of MEPs, love to criticise so much.

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