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MERELBEKE

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.

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GHENT/GENT BELGIUM

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.

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MERELBEKE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS

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.

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DANSCLUB TERPSICHORE MERELBEKE

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

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".

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Documentation

Leaflets and other documentation from our time in Belgium

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GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/44662 viewsDec 05, 2017

GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 3/44432 viewsDec 05, 2017

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GITO Merelbeke leaflet from 1975 2/4862 viewsGITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975Dec 05, 2017

Cards at Number 311049 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele1213 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried's mother in Moortsele1131 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele1139 viewsOct 27, 2014

Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 19781696 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa1103 viewsOct 27, 2014

Lydiane makes sure Wilfried is doing things properly1104 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa1092 viewsOct 27, 2014

Random files - Belgium 1970s

Ghent by night by Eric Hayles729 viewsEarly 1980s

Josh looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 292639 viewsTaken with an Agfa Box camera, two exposures.1 comments

Photo developers A Bracke in Merelbeke1147 viewsWhen we lived in Merelbeke in the 1970s, a spooky old derelict building stood on the corner of Hundelgemsesteenweg and Van Goethemstraat, next to the potato yard. Then one day, a couple opened a smart little photo shop in part of it. They were related to the Piens family who lived next door to us in Verlorenbrooadstraat.

The finished photos came back in an envelope with a drawing of the building. The entrance was to the right, just behind the tree in the picture.

Josh, Michael and dad, Eric, on the roof871 views

Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele1139 views

Merelbeke centruum 19741227 views

Hilda Meersschaut and Maureen Hayles618 views

A great night at Number 31567 views

Ghent skyline 1979752 views

Party time at Dansclub Terpsichore Merelbeke461 views

View from the roof1128 viewsShowing the rear of the Meersschaut's house and one of the garages, or "boxen" that Marcel Meersschaut rented out.

Hilda Meersschaut853 views