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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!906 viewsMerelbeke 197755555
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!896 viewsMerelbeke 197700000
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!771 viewsMerelbeke 197700000
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Photo developers A Bracke in Merelbeke1025 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.
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Our Merelbeke home starts arriving back in England.....987 views.... on the roof of dad's VW Transporter minibus.55555
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Ringvaart Merelbeke685 views00000
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751048 views33333
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751037 views55555
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Merelbeke centruun - Gemeentehuis 19741118 views33333
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Merelbeke centruum 19741104 views55555
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Boer en ploegpaard1 - Merelbeke farmer 1975854 views00000
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Boer en ploegpaard 2 - Merelbeke farmer 19751104 viewsPlus zoon?55555
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Boerderij in Merelbeke775 views00000
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Boerderij in Merelbeke766 views00000
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1975 not sure where but not far from Merelbeke1220 views55555
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Sky in Verlorenbroodstraat Merelbeke, 1970s803 views00000
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Michael, near Merelbeke 1975993 views00000
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Ducks in our garden at Verlorenbroodstraat 29805 views00000
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Foundations of 31 Verlorenbrooadstraat1182 viewsWilfried de Moor was building a villa. Josh spent many happy days helping out.55555
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Foundations of 31 Verlorenbroodstraat in 1974859 viewsFrom the roof of Number 2900000
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Foundations of Velorenbroodstraat 31, 19741293 viewsWilfried De Moor, his brother and nephew working on the foundations of Wilfried's villa.55555
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Foundations of Number 315432 views00000
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Josh Verlorenbroodstraat Merelbeke 19751007 views00000
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Jonathan, Andrew Michael at Verlorenbroodstraat 29997 views00000
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The end of Verlorenbroodstraat1267 viewsOur short-cut to the Hundelgemsesteenweg.55555
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Verlorenbroodstraat, at the end of the road.1041 views55555
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De Schelde at the end of Verlorenbroodstraat 1970s1016 views55555
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View from the roof1022 viewsShowing the rear of the Meersschaut's house and one of the garages, or "boxen" that Marcel Meersschaut rented out.55555
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Josh on roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 29786 viewsYou can see Marcel Meersschaut's "boxen" in the background.00000
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Andrew on the roof...1013 viewsIn the background, the garage door of the Meerschaut's house. Marcel Meerschaut was a "Bobinage van motoren". 55555
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A view of nurseries from a back bedroom of Verlorenbroodstraat 29672 viewsBy the late 1990s this scene looked very different, with a new housing estate standing where the nurseries were.00000
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Austin 1800 in the drive of our house747 viewsDad's car, built in 1965. He bought it circa 1970.00000
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Verlorenbroodstraat 291021 viewsFrom the rear. In the foreground, a cement mixer on the building site of 31, Verlorenbroodstraat where Wilfried de Moor was building a villa.55555
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Josh, Michael and dad, Eric, on the roof775 views00000
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Andrew on the roof680 views00000
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On the roof783 viewsJonathan, Andrew and Michael on the roof of our 1970s modernist Belgian house.00000
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On the roof 1060 viewsJonathan and his dad, Eric.55555
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Winter in Verlorenbroodstraat734 viewsA view across the road from our front garden.00000
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke708 views00000
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke698 views00000
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1048 views55555
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke689 views00000
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1009 views55555
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke838 views00000
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke874 views00000
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Sint Niklaas comes to Merelbeke807 viewsOne of the Criel brothers from Verlorenbroodstraat00000
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Dad leaves for work in his brand new Volkswagen Transporter minibus1239 views55555
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Michael the giant leans on a neighbour's house in Verlorenbroodstraat878 views00000
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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 from a post card1385 views2 comments55555
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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 by night, by Jonathan Hayles1076 viewsTaken on an Agfa box camera resting on the ground with an exposure of about one minute.55555
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Michael Hayles, Ronny Meersschaut, Hedwig Piens leave for the GITO5047 viewsLeaving for school. Josh is also there, behind Michael. Sadly he can't be seen.00000
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The only way to repair a VW... get on your knees and pray!3616 viewsDad and Michael repair the heat exchangers already on our new Volkswagen Transporter minibus55555
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A view of the nurseries seen from Verlorenbroodstraat930 views00000
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Michael looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 291668 viewsTaken with an Agfa box camera, two exposures.55555
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Josh looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 292354 viewsTaken with an Agfa Box camera, two exposures.1 comments55555
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GITO Merelbeke, 4e Elektriciteit 1977-781104 views4e elektriciteit, GITO, Merelbeke, schooljaar 1977-78. Van links naar rechts:
1e rij:M. Mortier (leeraar wiskunde), Rudy de Sutter, Bernard Ramue, Ronny Meersschaut (mijn makker v.d. Verlorenbroodstraat), Marnix de Bruyker, Jonathan Hayles, Pieter Rijkbosch, Pieter Jacob, Luc Eekhout.

2e rij: Christian Bekaert, Hans Verstichel, Christian Piens, Geert van Assche, Johan Piens, Luc van der Straeten, Wim de Schrijver.

3e rij: Ronny van Wesemael, Geert van Lancker, Dirk Trossaert, Patrick van Hecke, Yvan Courtijn, Ronny Henrickx.

Twee studenten waren afwezig: Pierre de Cooman en Jan (van?) Goedertier. Ik ben niet zeker of de bovenstaande namen allemaal juist geschreven zijn.

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