"Talbot House," for the men, and the new Officer's Club, presided over by Neville Talbot, were centres of interest.

The gardens at the back made very pleasant places for an after-dinner smoke.

There were very good entertainments in a theatre every evening, where "The Follies," a theatrical company of Imperial soldiers, used to perform.

Poperinghe was even at that time damaged by shells, but since then it has suffered more severely.

The graceful spire, which stood up over the plain with its outline against the sky, has luckily been preserved.