53843: Postcard of British Tavern in Ypres

<p dir="ltr">A postcard showing a temporary wooden building: 'British Tavern, Cafe, Restaurant', in 'Ypres - Grand'Place'. Erected soon after the war to cater to troops and the first battlefield tourists.</p> <p>Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.</p>