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We will always have Parys
23Mar09
That German fellow Schilbach, a veteran of the siege of Paris in 1870, thought that something on the banks of the Vaal reminded him of the French capital on the banks of the Seine, and hence Parys, founded in 1887, was christened. Apparently a few renegades claim that “Parys” was a shortened version of “Paradys”, [...]
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