For Reservations, via telephone, FAX & Email:
In
France:
03.22.76.23.66
From
U.S.A.:
01133.3.22.76.23.66
From
England:
00333.22.76.23.66
Other
Countries: Look up your country's
overseas telephone call code,
plus 33.3.22.76.23.66
If you have a problem, email us
so we can help you reach us.
Avril's Email Address:
avril@avrilwilliams.com
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German Interpretation
A new feature, this will take you to
this page in German. However, the additional pages
are still in English, until our volunteer interpreter has the time to complete
more pages.
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Ocean Villas
Tea Rooms
Situated in the heart of the Somme, on the Poppy Trail
1km from the Newfoundland Memorial
Open every day from 9am to 5pm
Continental and English breakfasts
served from 9am to 11am
Hot and cold food available all day
(Try our speciality – ‘Homemade Soup’)
Packed lunches available to be ordered
and picked up at your convenience
Special rates and menus for large groups
(to be booked in advance)
WW1 trench open daily from 12pm to 4pm
Tours of cellar (used during WW1 by British troops) by
Avril Williams
For more information and bookings, please contact
Avril or Mark
at
Avril Williams’ Guest House and Tea Rooms,
10 rue Delattre, 80560 Auchonvillers, Somme France
Tel/fax + 33 (0)3 22 76 23 66
We have of pictures to show you and they will slowly be
loading
as you read about our Guest House and the Ocean Villas Tea Rooms.
Avril and Mark
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TEA ROOMS
The expanded Ocean Villas Tea Rooms is open and it is
beautiful with the new glassed serving area.
It is open
and available for large and small groups
as well. To verify the hours it will be open during
your visit,
or if you
just want take out sandwich,
have an afternoon tea or to feed a bus load of people,
you can
contact the Tea
Rooms planner to
insure your wishes are met.
Tea Room Planning, contact: tearooms@avrilwilliams.com
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At the north end of the July 1st, 1916, Somme Battle
Field, this Guest
House will become one of your best memories of
visiting this World War
One region of France. You will be staying with Avril Williams
and her family
in a farm compound that is slowly being restored and changed
as required to
meet Avril's dream of providing the guest with a
Guest House that is like
visiting your best friend. You will quickly
feel at home and enjoy mingling with
a vast assortment of visitors. Some will be just like yourself,
others will be
characters in their own right, authors, artists and 'old coots'
with vast battlefield
knowledge.
Khaki Chums at Avril Williams B&B
Photograph by Peter Cattrell - Available at Avril's B&B
Your fellow guests will be from all over the world,
with most being from
England, Australia and the United States. Avril's
Guest House features an original
pre-WW1 basement, that was used by the French and by the English as
a
First-Aid Station.
Your guided visit, by Avril, will be a highlight of your
visit. Learn about the
British soldier that was probably a guest in Avril's basement the night
before
'he was shot at dawn.'
Located below the farm house
that was rebuilt in 1923 after being destroyed
during World War One. The Guest House has
an original trench in its back
yard and they have been restored and maintained by archeological
volunteers.
The entrance to the
basement
At the bottom of the trench, they
which was used as a
shelter
bound it paved with bricks from
and First-Aid
station.
the destroyed village.
More Trench
Information.
Click on address - http://www.avrilwilliams.com/trench1.htm
This location has lots of pictures and it will load slowly!
Avril has excavated an old
well head, that had been covered over and
and found in her front yard when it caved in. It is believed, that the well
might lead into World War One tunnels or into the very old underground
systems that the people of the village used to hide from attacking tribes
hundreds
of years ago. At the last excavation, the shaft was found to be blocked
with
a large chalk block at a depth of 8 meters. Perhaps, this last dig will
pull
that block and see what is underneath. The water level in this are is
close to a hundred meters underground, so the well could be
that deep.
Perhaps the collapsing dugout research will lead to the
well.
One very pleasant surprise will be, the
large breakfast available each
morning. It starts about 8:00 am, if you are up and the
wonderful French
bread has been delivered. The meals are based upon
English cooking and
one should not leave the table feeling empty.
However, it is often quite hard
to leave the discussion after eating.
The old dining area is still
used once in a while.
Avril provides tea service daily in her Tea rooms.
Rooms and Tea or meals,
come with a vast knowledge of the
Somme
and Arras regions of France. No charge!!
Click A Picture To Learn About Avril's!
Recommendations
From Previous Guests
Avril's 'Ole In The Yard' Report
Recommended Day Trips
One Australian Memorial
Guest's Experiences At Avril's
Presenting
THE ‘OCEAN VILLAS’
WALL OF REMEMBRANCE
A Wall
of Remembrance to preserve the memory not just of
those who died during the Great War, but also of those who
survived beyond the Armistice of 1918.
Those who died during
the conflict and those who
died in the
short or long years afterwards.
Our goal is to commemorate them all, with your help!
Or: www.ww1wallofremembrance.org
Recommended Day Trips
One Australian Memorial
Guided Tours By Avril -
Herself:
Avril is available for personal tours of
the Somme Battle Fields.
Avril will tailor
your special tour to your extra-special interests. Please
let Avril know that you would like to book a tour when you make your
reservations. However, if you cannot, if she has available time, you
can still get your tour.
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Avril's Email Updates
Joining Avril's Update Email Mailing List is very easy
and then you will receive periodic updates from Avril
concerning the new and exciting changes at the
Avril William Guest House and Tea Rooms.
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Just fill in your name
and email address and click
on join. You will receive a verification email, when you
follow through, you will automatically receive the
updates from Avril.
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Avril's Newsletter
December, 2007
Archive - September, 2007
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Recommended Other Sites To Visit:
www.fortsiclin.com
Fort Seclin Military Museum, Seclin, France
www.ww1.org
Battery Corporal Willis S. Cole Military Museum
www.36rcm.com
The Squadron Of Deception - 36th Bombardment SQ. (RCM)"
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