Arras, Pas de Calais
The shell damaged interior of the Town Hall during
WW1.
A great old postcard of the Station at Arras in the early years of the 20th Century.
The Place de la Gare and the Boulevard Carnot.
An early postcard of the Place du Theatre.
The Town Hall - this must be pre-WW1 as it was
heavily damaged by German artillery during the war -
see the card on the right.
This postcard was mailed in 1913.
A 1904 postcard of the Grand'Place.
The Place de la Gare - undated postcard.
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Two postcards of Arras "before the terrible war", which dates the cards from after 1918 and the views before 1914. On the left, a "panorama" of the town,
and on the right the Square du Meaulens.
Grand'Place during the Great War.
The Porte Baudimont, again "before the terrible war".
The Porte Baudemont (notice the different spellings !) after the German
bombardment in WW1.
The ruins of the Petite Place.
The Place de la Gare after the German bombardment - October 1914.
Rue Gambetta and the Station after the German bombardment.
The ruins in the Rue Meaulens.
Ruined houses on the Grand'Place.
Two British soldiers by the wreckage of the Town Hall.
postcards of the past
The ruins of the Hotel de Ville after the October 1914 bombardment.
More ruins - the postcard does not identify the exact spot.
The corner of Rue de la Housse and Rue
Saint-Nicolas. Two people were buried in the ruins.
The main staircase of the Hotel de Ville after the October 1914 bombardment.
Houses on the Petite Place "show the German madness for destruction".
A 1918 postcard of Arras before and after the war.
The Boulevard du Strasbourg before the war.
The destruction of the Cathedral Porch and
neighbouring houses.
A 1917 postcard of the Concert Hall in Arras.
Shell damage in Grand'Place.