Dunkerque
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The National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas in Staffordshire is a living tribute to the people of the last century and to reflect this over the past four years some 40,000 trees have been planted and monuments raised in memory of the armed forces, the Merchant Navy, the Police and Fire Service and the Civil Defence. Among the Veterans who have plots at the site are those linked to Dunkirk (the pictured helmet and rifle), Burma and Normandy Campaigns. The project also includes a Visitor Centre and the Millennium Chapel of Peace and Forgiveness which is the only one of its kind to be built to celebrate peace in the new millennium and reflect on previous conflict. The Chapel is the only place within the United Kingdom where the Act of Remembrance is observed on every day of the year. Visitors to the Chapel and surrounding areas are invited to stop in silence at 11am to remember those who have lost their lives in conflict.
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Cap Gris Nez, France. / Where my life changed…
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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Dunkerque Harbour, seen from Malo beach, North Sea, France.
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Dunkerque Harbour, France.
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Dunkerque, France. / Bassin du Commerce.
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MALO-LES-BAINS is a more attractive place to stop off than Dunkerque: it’s a surprisingly pleasant nineteenth-century seaside suburb on the east side of town (buses #3 & #9), from whose vast sandy beach the Allied troops embarked in 1940. Digue des Alliés is the dirtier end of an extensive beachfront promenade lined with cafés and restaurants; at the cleaner end, Digue des Mers, the beach can almost seem pleasant when the sun comes out – as long as you avert your eyes from the industrial inferno to the west. However, the suburb actually reveals its fin-de-siècle charm away from the seafront, a few parallel blocks inland along avenue Faidherbe and its continuation avenue Kléber, with the pretty green place Turenne sandwiched in between; around here you’ll find some excellent pâtisseries, boulangeries and charcuteries.
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Dunkerque, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France. Waiting for a new season of beach volley…
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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On the beach of Malo les Bains, sea resort of Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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North Sea. / Off Dunkerque, France.
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Dunkerque Harbour, France.
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Walled town / Walking round the town walls of Bergues, you could almost be back in the Middle Ages! The walls and towers are remarkably complete. This market town has stood guard over the coastal marshes of Flanders for generations, fending off attacks from every direction. In peaceful interludes, local farmers brought produce to sell in the market by the town belfry. Monks drained the marshes / The flat marshes round Bergues were reclaimed by monks in the Middle ages. The monasteries created rich pastures, grazing sheep for wool, cattle for butter and cheese. Bergues cheese, made for centuries from unpasteurised milk, is still a local speciality. Medieval wool port / Bergues was a properous port for the Flemish wool trade, with ships coming up the river from the sea. Its trade rivalled Dunkerque or Bruges. You can walk round the town walls, and still see remains of the old Abbey of St Winoc inside the town – standing on a mound raised slightly above the marshes. Part of Flanders / For centuries the area was part of the domain of the Count of Flanders, which became the Spanish Netherlands in the later Middle Ages. Much of the town reflects the Flemish style of architecture. The Belfry was originally built in the 16th century as a fortified watch tower. Dynamited by the Germans in 1940, it was rebuilt after the war. The Mont-de-Piété (a pawnshop) was one of several built in Flanders in the 17th century to help the poor. A French border stronghold / When it was captured by France in 1668, Bergues’ old medieval town walls were strengthened and developed by the famous military engineer, Vauban. He channelled the river to make defensive moats round the town. Bergues became part of a chain of forts designed to ensure that France’s north-east border lands could not be recaptured.
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Picture of Malo-les-Bains, Dunkerque, North Sea, France.
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From the splendid 3-masts Duchesse Anne, formerly a German training-ship / called Grossherzogin Elisabeth, built in 1901. / It was saved from scrap by the City of Dunkirk in 1981. / With an overall length of 90 m, it is the biggest tall ship preserved in / France. / It is moored in the Dock of Commerce, next to the Musée portuaire, and can / be visited.
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Seen from the splendid 3-masts Duchesse Anne, formerly a German training-ship / called Grossherzogin Elisabeth, built in 1901. / It was saved from scrap by the City of Dunkirk in 1981. / With an overall length of 90 m, it is the biggest tall ship preserved in / France. / It is moored in the Dock of Commerce, next to the Musée portuaire, and can / be visited.
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Dunkerque, France. / On a sunny Sunday morning, just waiting for the boats…before the regatta “Les Bancs de Flandre”. / Voluntarily overexposed
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Dunkerque Harbour, France.
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