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 Memories of Merelbeke - een randgemeente van Gent

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Foundations of Number 319315 views
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Michael Hayles, Ronny Meersschaut, Hedwig Piens leave for the GITO5106 viewsLeaving for school. Josh is also there, behind Michael. Sadly he can't be seen.
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The only way to repair a VW... get on your knees and pray!4471 viewsDad and Michael repair the heat exchangers already on our new Volkswagen Transporter minibus
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GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/44469 views
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GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 3/44268 views
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Josh looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 292497 viewsTaken with an Agfa Box camera, two exposures.1 comments
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Centre of Ghent (or Gent) 1974 olr 19752370 views
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Visit to The Atomium Brussels 19752324 views
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Visit to The Atomium Brussels 19752139 viewsMichael Hayles and Maureen Hayles
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Michael looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 291715 viewsTaken with an Agfa box camera, two exposures.
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Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 19781574 views
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Park Hotel, Wilsonplein, Gent1552 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 card1442 views2 comments
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Foundations of Velorenbroodstraat 31, 19741342 viewsWilfried De Moor, his brother and nephew working on the foundations of Wilfried's villa.
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Pienske at work1330 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 minibus1311 viewsI think this is the only picture we have showing Phillip Piens
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A view of the nurseries seen from Verlorenbroodstraat1303 views
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The end of Verlorenbroodstraat1300 viewsOur short-cut to the Hundelgemsesteenweg.
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Dad leaves for work in his brand new Volkswagen Transporter minibus1283 views
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1975 not sure where but not far from Merelbeke1271 views
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Foundations of 31 Verlorenbrooadstraat1236 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.1181 viewsThe Hayles brothers, December 19751 comments
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Merelbeke centruun - Gemeentehuis 19741150 views
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Merelbeke centruum 19741138 views
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Boer en ploegpaard 2 - Merelbeke farmer 19751136 viewsPlus zoon?
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GITO Merelbeke, 4e Elektriciteit 1977-781135 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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On the roof 1122 viewsJonathan and his dad, Eric.
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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 by night, by Jonathan Hayles1122 viewsTaken on an Agfa box camera resting on the ground with an exposure of about one minute.
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1095 views
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751075 views
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751069 views
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Verlorenbroodstraat, at the end of the road.1068 views
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1061 views
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Photo developers A Bracke in Merelbeke1057 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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Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele1056 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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View from the roof1051 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...1044 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 19751044 views
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Jonathan, Andrew Michael at Verlorenbroodstraat 291038 views
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Michael, near Merelbeke 19751036 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.1016 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.
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Volksunie afplakker 1974986 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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Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele984 views
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A typical street in Ghent.980 viewsAnyone know which street?
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Ghent by night by Eric Hayles979 viewsEarly 1980s
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Wilfried's mother in Moortsele974 views
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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 31960 views
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Wilsonplein, Ghent955 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.
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Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa951 views
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Eric Hayles with Family De Moor948 views
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!944 viewsMerelbeke 1977
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Lydiane makes sure Wilfried is doing things properly944 views
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Wilfried De Moor auditions for Cirque du Soleil936 views
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Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa934 views
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