Lille Before and During the War

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LILLE ORIGIN AND CHIEF HISTORICAL EVENTS

VISIT TO THE TOWN

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ILLUSTRATED MICHELIN GUIDES
TO THE BATTLE-FIELDS (1914-1918)

LILLE
BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR

MICHELIN & CIE, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE.
MICHELIN TYRE Co LTD, 81 Fulham Road, LONDON, S.W.
MICHELIN TIRE Co MILLTOWN, N.J. U.S.A.

Hotels and Motor-Agents at Lille

Information extracted from the MICHELIN GUIDE (1919)[1]


Key to Arbitrary Signs
Comfortable hotels, with modern or modernised installation.
Well-managed hotels.
[CC] Central Heating.
[L] Electric Light.
[B] Bath-room.
[WC] Modern W.C.'s.
[T] 104 Telephone number.
Telegraphic address.
Gar. [6] Accommodation for automobiles, and the number of cars which can be accommodated.
Box Private lock-up compartments.
Att Adjoining the hotel.
100 m. About 100 yards from the hotel.
Compressed Air DepÔt for "bouteilles d'air Michelin" for inflation of tyres.
Repair shop.
Agt de Manufacturer's agent.
[3] Garage and number of cars it will accommodate.
U Inspection pit.
[E] Petrol can be obtained here.
Electric plant where accumulators may be recharged.
[A·A] Agent of "Automobile Association" of England.
HOTELS and MOTOR-AGENTS
HÔtel Bellevue, 35, rue Jean-Roisin et 17-19, Grande Place. Lift [CC] [L] [B] [WC] Gar. 100 m. [20] HÔtel Bellevue [T] 12-98.
HÔtel de l'Europe, 30-32, rue Basse. Lift [CC] [L] [B] [WC] Gar. [15] U [T] 4·75.
HÔtel et Restaurant de la Paix, 46, rue de Paris. [CC] [L] [B] [WC] Gar. att. [T] 1539.
STOCK MICHELIN (Compressed Air), Garage Dulieux, 36, rue de l'HÔpital-Militaire. Annexe: rue de Fontenay. Agt de: Corre la Licorne. [30] U [E] [A-A] Dulieux-Automobiles [T] 14·04.
STOCK MICHELIN (Compressed Air). Agence Renault, 141, boulevard Carnot, La Madeleine-lÈs-Lille. [30] U [E] [T] 19·78 (rÉseau Lille) Renauto.
STOCK MICHELIN, Louis Vallez, 5, rue du Palais-Rihour. [40] U [E] [T] 22·70.
STOCK MICHELIN, Grand Garage Farcot, 68-70, rue Meurein (219, rue Nationale). [80] U [E] [T] 20·20.
STOCK MICHELIN (Compressed Air), Succureale des Automobiles Berliet, 197, rue Nationale. [100] [E] Autoberlie-Lille [T] 16·96.
STOCK MICHELIN, StÉ des Anciens Etablissements Panhard et Levassor (Succe), 187, boulevard de la RÉpublique (new boulevard), La Madeleine-lÈs-Lille. [40] U [E] Panhard-Levassor [T] 5·83 (rÉseau Lille).
STOCK MICHELIN, Agences Hotchkiss, 1 bis, rue de la Chambre des Comptes. [20] U [E] [T] 26·83.
STOCK MICHELIN, Repair Shop for motor-cars, Emile Faure et Cie, avenue Verdy et rue du Ballon, La Madeleine-lÈs-Lille. [20] U [E] [T] 14·27 (rÉseau Lille).
STOCK MICHELIN, KalflÈche et Bachmann, 147, boulevard de la RÉpublique, La Madeleine-lÈs-Lille. [10] U [E] [T] 24·18 (rÉseau Lille).
STOCK MICHELIN, E. Bouriez et Cie, 50-52, rue Jean-Bart et 239, boulevard de la RÉpublique, La Madeleine-lÈs-Lille. Agts de: Peugeot [10] U [E] [T] 3·88 (rÉseau Lille).
SociÉte Anonyme des Autos et Cycles Peugeot (Succursale de la), 62, boulevard de la LibertÉ. [T] 20·84.
Koechlin, 27, rue Colson. [30] U [E] [T] 18·30.
Marcel Villette, 5, rue St-Augustin. [10] U [E] [T] 26·81.
John et Henry Sergy, 240, rue Nationale. [15] U [E] [T] 27·24.
Succursale Th. Schneider et Cie, 3, rue St-Genois. [30] U [E] Theiderco [T] 2·92.
Usine Pipe, 56, boulevard de la LibertÉ et 5 bis, rue de l'OrphÉon. [50] 20 boxes U [E] .
Mannessier, rue Nationale. [E].

[1] The above information dates from March 1st, 1919, and may no longer be exact when it meets the reader's eye. Tourists are therefore recommended to consult the latest edition of the "Michelin Guide to France" (English or French), before setting out on the tour described in this volume.

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BEST of all detachable wheels because the least complicated

Elegant

It embellishes even the finest coachwork.

Simple

It is detachable at the hub and fixed by six bolts only.

Strong

The only wheel which held out on all fronts during the War.

Practical

Can be replaced in 3 minutes by anybody and cleaned still quicker.

It prolongs the life of tyres by cooling them.

AND THE CHEAPEST

IN MEMORY
OF THE MICHELIN EMPLOYEES
AND WORKMEN WHO DIED GLORIOUSLY
FOR THEIR COUNTRY

LILLE
BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR

Published by
MICHELIN & Cie
Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Copyright by Michelin & Cie 1919

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