Lille center and on the metro

chocolate bunny given free on the metro for easter Yummy !

Metro trip some underground - i really enjoyed this !

http://www.transpole.fr/

http://uk.transpole.fr/

http://www.transpole.fr/upload/Lille.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille_Metro

http://www.mairie-lille.fr/en/discovering-lille/travel-transport/metro-underground-train

http://uk.eurostar.com/uk/travel-to-france/travel-to-northern-france/travel-to-lille/

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/France/Nord_Pas_de_Calais/Lille-106811/Transportation-Lille-Metro-BR-1.html

http://www.transpole.fr/metro-tramway/metro-lille/thermo-metro-1443.aspx

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/France/Nord_Pas_de_Calais/Lille-106811/Things_To_Do-Lille-Place_du_General_de_Gaulle_Grand_Place-BR-1.html

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/France/Nord_Pas_de_Calais/Lille-106811/General_Tips-Lille-Place_du_General_de_Gaulle_Grand_Place-BR-1.html

Market for Books lovely old buildings 

can you see the golden statues ?

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_du_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral-de-Gaulle

http://www.lille-guide.co.uk/sights/grand-place-with-vieille-bourse.html

Chocolate place 

statue of a person ringing a bell 

TGV at Lille Flanders station -colours like a Eurostar train 

http://www.tgv.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV

http://www.eurail.com/planning/trains-and-ferries/high-speed-trains/tgv

http://www.sncf.com/en_EN/flash/

http://www.tgv-europe.com/

http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/france-trains/stations/lille-train-stations.htm

http://www.ter-sncf.com/Region/nord_pas_de_calais/gare/Lille%20Flandres.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_Lille_Flandres

http://www.gare-lille.fr/

Crowne Plaza Lille 

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/lilbl

http://www.lille-crowneplaza.com/

copper covered hotel 

TGV at Lille International station -there was a good playground just around the corner 

https://foursquare.com/venue/923203

http://www.londonparistrain.com/lille-flandres-train-station-gare-de-lille-europe.html

hhttp://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/travel_information/at_the_station/stations/lille_europe.jsp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapers/4872352998/

Chambre de commerce, Lille

http://www.flickr.com/photos/misschris/3746193583/

http://www.grand-lille.cci.fr/

http://www.nordpasdecalais.cci.fr/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CCI_Lille.jpg

shop with cups in the air !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maurice,_Lille

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Maurice

Saint Maurice Church 

Play area in the church !

pillars in the old church 

lighting a candle for Grandad to remember him , Grandad's Birthday would have been the 24th April and He would have been 67, Grandad sadly died 28th August 2008.

beautiful stained glass window 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille

http://www.lilletourisme.com/index_gb.php

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Westvleteren , West-Vlaanderen Belgium -John Thomas McQue's resting place

this is about the visit to Great ,Great Granddads memorial 

we laid poppy's in November in England

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/11/remembrance-sunday-memorial-walk-lead.html

Me walking with Mum ,Evie and Leo towards the Memorial , 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission
http://en.db-city.com/Belgium/Flanders/West_Flanders/Poperinge
http://www.toerismepoperinge.be/nl/pagina/1211-1220-1256-1477/dozinghem-mc.html?PHPSESSID=94b31967d1b8f973420a72df71ae533d
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypres-salient-cemeteries.htm
http://www.warmemorials.org/
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/
http://www.bcmh.org.uk/index.php

Helen Fairchild was a nurse in the first world war who died but is buried elsewhere, she served in clearing stations near the Cemetery

update re the Neice of Helen who contacted Jake 

http://www.worldwar1.com/tripwire/smtw0708.htm

see section re Belgian Schoolchildren Learn

About America's Sacrifices in an Earlier Time

a person called Luc Inion passed Jakes details onto Nelle Fairchild Rote

Jakes Dad 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Fairchild
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Ypres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

The gate posts -this one has the first world war date  on it

http://gianni.smugmug.com/Various/WWI-cemeteries-in-Ypres-1/9368134_X8y4Y#1172208532_cFJSM


http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=151896


http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2604734


http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/dozinghemmilitarycemetery.htm


http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15300&mode=1


http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/dozinghem.htm


http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypres-salient-cemeteries.htm


http://www.cwgc.org/CWGCImgs/Dozinghem%20Military%20Cemetery.JPG

This one has the second world war date on it 

a book that contains all the details for the Cemetery 

towards the front of the cemetery 

This is my Great ,Great Granddads gravestone 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=12519318


http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=153284


http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/cemetery_plans/dozinghem.JPG

Grave/Memorial Reference:	XV. F. 14.

http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=15300&mode=1

image above taken from the ww1cemeteries.com web site 

 

Me and  Evie 

A Chinese grave  

A person whose name is not known 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Graves_Photographic_Project


http://www.wargravesheritage.org.uk/


http://www.twgpp.org/


http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/


http://www.skphotoscom.co.uk/gallery_325719.html