Lens in the miners'footsteps to The Louvre
Lens, a city moulded by the era of mining.In the miners' footsteps, witnesses remember"everybody went to the mine with his "briquet"...it was the meal...for the pause.....break in English.
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1. The station
3 mn 50
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2. Stade Bollaert
4 mn 43
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3. Town Hall
3 mn 47
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4. The Trade Union House
4 mn 19
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5. Jean Perrin University
3 mn 54
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6. The base 11/19
3 mn 35
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7. Settlement 9
5 mn 53
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