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Today, Calais is associated in the minds of most British people with refugees seeking entry into the UK. But for 100 years between 1760 and 1860, many were travelling in the oppposite direction. Calais was not only a place of refuge for debtors and other British law breakers, it was also a stopping-off point for Grand Tourists, a resort for holidymakers, a place of employment and an attractive location for artists and writers.