| Amiens, Somme |
| Many of us will have passed through or round Amiens on our way from the Channel ports to Paris. We stopped and explored the city a few years ago and found it to be a pleasant place. |
| Les Rues des Majols et d'Engoulevent. |
| La Rue des Clairons. |
| The Rue Victor Hugo with the Palais de Justice and the Cathedral. |
| The Cathedral from the Chemin de Halage. |
| An undated postcard of the Theatre. |
| ...and another postcard of the Cathedral and the Market on the Water. |
| Another view of the Clock and the Rue des Vergeaux..... |
| A view of Amiens taken from the Chateau d'Eau. |
| The Flower-Sellers (hortillons) at the Marche sur l'Eau. |
| Old Houses on the water, Passage des Clairons |
| Le Theatre Municipal. |
| La Rue Basse-des-Tanneurs. |
| The postcard on the left shows the Rue Haute-des-Tanneurs, and that on the right is of the Horloge Dewailly in the Place Gambetta. |
| The Museum. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| A 1916 postcard of Rue Francois-Delavigne after the German bombardment. |
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| Damage from shell-fire on the Rue de Noyon. |
| Rue des Trois-Cailloux. |
| The Cathedral Interior after the bombardment. |
| Place Rene-Goblet. |
| An early 20th Century postcard of Place Gambetta. |
| The "Marche sur l'Eau" and the Cathedral. |
| The Clock Tower in the Place Gambetta. |
| Le Sport Nautique and the Pont Baraban. |
| A 1907 postcard of the Theatre. |
| Le Pont de Beauville. |
| The Garage on the Rues des Jacobins and Lamarck. |
| The Marche des Brocanteurs on the Rue des Majols. |
| The Cattle Market. |
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