Talbot House in Poperinge
Talbot House in Poperinge is one of the most emotive sites of the Great War in
Flanders.
It was here that Rev. Philip "Tubby" Clayton opened a soliders club named Gilbert
Talbot, who was killed at Hooge in 1915.
More than half a million soldiers visited the club to play the piano and borrow
books, thus providing them with a brief escape from the brutality of the war.
The Talbot House chapel has remained untouched since 1918.
There could be no more fitting tribute to the casualties of the war.
Address: Talbot House in Poperinge
Gasthuisstraat 43
8970 Poperinge
Tel: +32 57 33 32 28
www.talbothouse.be
Flanders.
It was here that Rev. Philip "Tubby" Clayton opened a soliders club named Gilbert
Talbot, who was killed at Hooge in 1915.
More than half a million soldiers visited the club to play the piano and borrow
books, thus providing them with a brief escape from the brutality of the war.
The Talbot House chapel has remained untouched since 1918.
There could be no more fitting tribute to the casualties of the war.
Address: Talbot House in Poperinge
Gasthuisstraat 43
8970 Poperinge
Tel: +32 57 33 32 28
www.talbothouse.be
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