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 Memories of Merelbeke - een randgemeente van Gent

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Foundations of Number 318903 views
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Michael Hayles, Ronny Meersschaut, Hedwig Piens leave for the GITO5103 viewsLeaving for school. Josh is also there, behind Michael. Sadly he can't be seen.
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GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/44418 views
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The only way to repair a VW... get on your knees and pray!4410 viewsDad and Michael repair the heat exchangers already on our new Volkswagen Transporter minibus
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GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 3/44221 views
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Josh looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 292489 viewsTaken with an Agfa Box camera, two exposures.1 comments
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Centre of Ghent (or Gent) 1974 olr 19752356 views
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Visit to The Atomium Brussels 19752321 views
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Visit to The Atomium Brussels 19752135 viewsMichael Hayles and Maureen Hayles
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Michael looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 291711 viewsTaken with an Agfa box camera, two exposures.
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Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 19781565 views
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Park Hotel, Wilsonplein, Gent1543 viewsClose up of the sketch of the Park Hotel from headed notepaper available in the rooms.
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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 from a post card1440 views2 comments
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Foundations of Velorenbroodstraat 31, 19741338 viewsWilfried De Moor, his brother and nephew working on the foundations of Wilfried's villa.
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Pienske at work1327 viewsReuben Piens helps his father Eric with some building work. Maybe Hedwig, MUCH too small to be Phillipe.
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Cousins from England and Phillip, Hedwig and Reuben Piens and Ronny Meersschaut in dad's VW minibus1304 viewsI think this is the only picture we have showing Phillip Piens
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A view of the nurseries seen from Verlorenbroodstraat1301 views
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The end of Verlorenbroodstraat1298 viewsOur short-cut to the Hundelgemsesteenweg.
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Dad leaves for work in his brand new Volkswagen Transporter minibus1281 views
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1975 not sure where but not far from Merelbeke1264 views
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Foundations of 31 Verlorenbrooadstraat1230 viewsWilfried de Moor was building a villa. Josh spent many happy days helping out.
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Skating on ice on a small brook next to the Watersportsbaan in Ghent.1177 viewsThe Hayles brothers, December 19751 comments
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Merelbeke centruun - Gemeentehuis 19741145 views
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Merelbeke centruum 19741134 views
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Boer en ploegpaard 2 - Merelbeke farmer 19751133 viewsPlus zoon?
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GITO Merelbeke, 4e Elektriciteit 1977-781132 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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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 by night, by Jonathan Hayles1121 viewsTaken on an Agfa box camera resting on the ground with an exposure of about one minute.
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On the roof 1114 viewsJonathan and his dad, Eric.
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1092 views
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751074 views
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751069 views
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Verlorenbroodstraat, at the end of the road.1064 views
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1056 views
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Verlorenbroodstraat 291054 viewsFrom the rear. In the foreground, a cement mixer on the building site of 31, Verlorenbroodstraat where Wilfried de Moor was building a villa.
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Photo developers A Bracke in Merelbeke1054 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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View from the roof1050 viewsShowing the rear of the Meersschaut's house and one of the garages, or "boxen" that Marcel Meersschaut rented out.
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De Schelde at the end of Verlorenbroodstraat 1970s1045 views
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Andrew on the roof...1043 viewsIn the background, the garage door of the Meerschaut's house. Marcel Meerschaut was a "Bobinage van motoren".
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Josh Verlorenbroodstraat Merelbeke 19751041 views
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Jonathan, Andrew Michael at Verlorenbroodstraat 291035 views
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Michael, near Merelbeke 19751033 views
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Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele1024 views
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Jonathan (aka Josh) Patricia Meersschaut and Ronny Meersscaut, pop sterren1022 views1 comments
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Our Merelbeke home starts arriving back in England.....1017 views.... on the roof of dad's VW Transporter minibus.
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Wilsonsplein Ghent.1013 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.
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Volksunie afplakker 1974981 viewsSticker from the Flemish nationalist party, Volksunie, in 1974. On the other side was the Lion of Flanders which was scanned and appears on the right hand top corner of these photo albums.
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A typical street in Ghent.978 viewsAnyone know which street?
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Ghent by night by Eric Hayles978 viewsEarly 1980s
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Wilfried and Lydiane De Moor with Eric Hayles on a tall ship in Ghent964 views
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Cards at Number 31955 views
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Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele954 views
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Wilsonplein, Ghent953 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.
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Eric Hayles with Family De Moor947 views
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Wilfried's mother in Moortsele944 views
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!939 viewsMerelbeke 1977
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Wilfried De Moor auditions for Cirque du Soleil934 views
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!926 viewsMerelbeke 1977
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke923 views
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Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa918 views
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