Pas de Calais Gallery

Boulogne - Embarkation of the Indian Mail, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Boulogne - Embarkation of the Indian Mail, 1844. Postal service between Britain and India: On reaching Boulogne [on the north coast of France], the "abstract" India Mail express, bearing on its envelope the significant words, "Tres presse" [urgent] is placed on board a steamer - or, in extreme cases, a sailing smack - and forwarded, with all possible speed, to Folkestone'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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William Hogarths The Gate of Calais

Vintage engraving of The Gate of Calais, or O, the Roast Beef of Old England by William Hogarth. The scene depicts a side of beef being transported from the harbour to an English tavern in the port, while a group of undernourished, ragged French soldiers and a fat friar look on hungrily

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Birds Eye view of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Normandy, France

Bird's Eye view of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (Le Touquet) - a commune near Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
circa 1910

© The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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