Pete's remembrance sabbatical

Friday, 12 June 2015

Wellington Quarry

Also in Arras, and well worth a visit, is Wellington Quarry, an old system of chalk mines, used by the Allies in WW1, and as bomb shelters by the townsfolk in WW2.

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/museum-wellington-quarry.htm

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