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 Memories of Merelbeke - een randgemeente van Gent
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Belgium 1970s
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MERELBEKE


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We lived in Belgium in the 1970s. Dad, Eric Hayles was working for Volvo Europa at Oostakker near Ghent and we moved into a house in the Verlorenbroodstraat in Merelbeke. We hope you enjoy our evocative photos of life in Merelbeke, a suburb of Ghent.

56 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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GHENT/GENT BELGIUM


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We lived near the beautiful city of Ghent (Gent) in Belgium in East Flanders (Oost Vlaanderen) from 1974 till 1978, although dad was there for about another six years after that. We hope you enjoy some of our photo archive from those happy times.

48 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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MERELBEKE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS


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Some of our wonderful neighbours and friends when we lived in Merelbeke. If you know any names that we haven't mentioned, please add them below the photo.

109 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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DANSCLUB TERPSICHORE MERELBEKE


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Mum and dad had dancing lessons at the Dansclub Terpsichore in Hundelgemsesteenweg in 1977-78. These are pictures from one of their social functions.

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OUT AND ABOUT IN BELGIUM


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Our Welsh friends, the Davies Family


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We attended church at the Evangelisch Centruum, Burgstraat, Gent, where we got to know the wonderful Davies family from Wales (the clue was in the name!) Charles and Betty, Godfrey, Joseph and Noel. There were also two sisters who weren't in Belgium. Charles was an accomplished artists and signwriter. He once had a job painting the Coca Cola logo on lorries, so he must have been very good! He also painted a sign for our neighbours opposite which read "Bobinage van motoren".

11 files, last one added on Apr 26, 2014
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Documentation


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Leaflets and other documentation from our time in Belgium

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Belgium 1990s
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VISITS TO MERELBEKE IN 1990s


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In the 1990s, along came the internet. Jonathan put "Merelbeke" into a search engine to see what he would see, and stumbled across the website of Sint-Michielsschool. After writing a greeting in the guest book he received a reply from Guy van Heddegem, and a friendship developed which led to Jonathan visiting Merelbeke in 1998 and writing a song which was performed at the school's Eindejaarshow. He visited again the following year. Here are some pictures from those shows.... we hope to bring you some video clips in the future too. Photos mostly by Jonathan Hayles, captions by Guy van Heddegem.

40 files, last one added on Mar 16, 2014
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296 files in 8 albums and 2 categories with 5 comments viewed 178,176 times

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 GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/43871 viewsDec 05, 2017
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 GITO Merelbeke leaflet from 1975 2/4487 viewsGITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975Dec 05, 2017
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 Cards at Number 31662 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele647 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried's mother in Moortsele651 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele664 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 19781200 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa637 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Lydiane makes sure Wilfried is doing things properly632 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa627 viewsOct 27, 2014

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 Sint-Michielsschool Eindjaarshow 1998330 views
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 Christmas fun in Verlorenbroodstraat626 viewsParty games, Maureen Hayles, Els Willems and Jonathan (Josh) Hayles
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 Wilsonplein from the Park Hotel, 1974680 views
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 Sint-Michielsschool 1999446 views
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 Michael and Julie460 views
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 Park Hotel bill from 1974553 viewsEric Hayles stayed at the Park Hotel, Wilsonplein, Gent, when he first arrived in Belgium to work for Volvo Europa in Destelbergen. Later his office moved to the company's massive site at Oostakker.
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 Jonathan and Andrew look up at The Atomium in Brussels in 1975320 views
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 Josh on roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 29675 viewsYou can see Marcel Meersschaut's "boxen" in the background.
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 Relatives from England and R Meerschaut434 views
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 Volvo colleagues in Ghent575 viewsDad (on the right) with a colleague from Volvo Europa.
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 Visit to The Atomium Brussels 1975320 viewsAndrew, Michael, Jonathan Hayles
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 Wilfried De Moor, aerial engineer!455 views

 

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