The last time I was at Cafe Gondree in 1994 the original Mdme Gondree, having just googled, I’m not so sure whether it was the daughter, was outside talking to the original Major Howard and Richard Todd, I couldn’t get through the door though as it was so packed inside.
I was amazed that with the 50th anniversary of D-Day coming up at that time, that the French authorities decided to replace the original bridge that year and leave the old one dumped in a pile next to it, cest la vie, I suppose.