A TIME TO REMEMBER; TRAVELMAIL.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: July 27, 2002| Author: Middleton, Christopher | Copyright information

Byline: CHRISTOPHER MIDDLETON

This week was the 75th anniversary of the construction of the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, scene of the most bloody fighting in the Great War.

Christopher Middleton reports from an unlikely holiday destination . . .

EVERY night in the little Belgian town of Ypres, the traffic comes to a standstill. But it's not the rush hour that causes the gridlock, it's the daily service of remembrance for the 500,000 World War One...

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