oh indeed. In general the English and french absolutely hate hate other. The English don’t dislike anyone as much as the french. It’s not even close
I used to live in Portsmouth when I was in the forces, which is about 80 miles from Cherbourg. They run a ‘booze cruise’ from Portsmouth, which is an overnight ferry (a big fuckin boat) where everyone gets smashed and parties all night, then get dropped off in France for a few hours with proper sore heads. Everyone’s off the ship, bit of food, loads of cheap booze and ciggies, then back in board for the journey home. That walk from the town back to the ferry is always funny as fck, as it’s just car loads of people driving past abusing you, whilst you’re still trying to sort your head out from the heavy night before and hoping you haven’t missed the ferry. Always made me chuckle
On the flip side and over in Portsmouth, I’ve seen quite a few french people being beaten up for being french, which is pretty Fckin sad in this day and age, but still common