Rate photos! ** Leave comments ** Add YOUR photos!

 Memories of Merelbeke - een randgemeente van Gent

Click on the photos to see large high-res versions! Please rate photos and leave comments.
Top rated
belgie032.jpg
Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 19781420 views55555
(4 votes)
merelbeke001.jpg
Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 by night, by Jonathan Hayles1071 viewsTaken on an Agfa box camera resting on the ground with an exposure of about one minute.55555
(4 votes)
gent132.jpg
Boer en ploegpaard 2 - Merelbeke farmer 19751103 viewsPlus zoon?55555
(3 votes)
donpepe1970s.jpg
Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 from a post card1378 views2 comments55555
(3 votes)
gent04.jpg
The end of Verlorenbroodstraat1263 viewsOur short-cut to the Hundelgemsesteenweg.55555
(3 votes)
gent02.jpg
With the Meersschaut family820 viewsIn Verlorenbroodstraat, Merelbeke55555
(3 votes)
jh012.jpg
Photo developers A Bracke in Merelbeke1024 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.
55555
(2 votes)
gent227a.jpg
Noel, Joseph and Godfrey Davies717 views55555
(2 votes)
gent75.jpg
Cousins from England and Phillip, Hedwig and Reuben Piens and Ronny Meersschaut in dad's VW minibus1036 viewsI think this is the only picture we have showing Phillip Piens55555
(2 votes)
sluisweg.jpg
De Schelde at the end of Verlorenbroodstraat 1970s1015 views55555
(2 votes)
vbsroofjosheric.jpg
On the roof 1053 viewsJonathan and his dad, Eric.55555
(2 votes)
thebuilder3.jpg
Foundations of 31 Verlorenbrooadstraat1176 viewsWilfried de Moor was building a villa. Josh spent many happy days helping out.55555
(2 votes)
gent00.jpg
Jonathan (aka Josh) Patricia Meersschaut and Ronny Meersscaut, pop sterren990 views1 comments55555
(2 votes)
swGITO2b.jpg
GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/44206 views55555
(1 votes)
belgie009.jpg
Our Merelbeke home starts arriving back in England.....986 views.... on the roof of dad's VW Transporter minibus.55555
(1 votes)
jh016.jpg
Eric Piens watched by his son Reuben555 viewsApril 1978
I believe Eric is using Wilfried de Moor's cement mixer. I recognise it well!
55555
(1 votes)
BBC_One_2014-04-22_19-19-59.mpeg
Charles Davies and Joe Davies on BBC One's The One Show739 viewsFor about 30 years, I'd be wanting to get back in touch with the Davies's, the family we'd known in Belgium.

I'd made a number of searches on the internet over the years, but not managed to find them.

Then on April 22nd 2014, the "One Show" on BBC1 was on. We had the sound down, and only left it because Rick Wakeham was going to be on, who played the wonderful keyboard arrangement on the Cat Stevens version of Morning Has Broken.

Not really paying attention, I suddenly saw a man on the screen who looked just like "Mr Davies" from Belgium. I'd only be saying to dad a few days earlier that it would be nice if one day we managed to make contact with the Davies's

"Dad" I said, "that looks just like Mr Davies". By then, the picture had gone, and some middle aged bloke with a beard and grey hair was talking and soon he was gone too.

I said to dad I was pretty sure it WAS Mr Davies.

Here's the report. And it was! And the middle aged bloke was Joseph, last seen as a teenager!
55555
(1 votes)
gent226a.jpg
Noel, Joseph and Godfrey Davies704 views55555
(1 votes)
gent203a.jpg
Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!903 viewsMerelbeke 197755555
(1 votes)
gent198.jpg
Ghent by night by Eric Hayles946 viewsEarly 1980s55555
(1 votes)
gent175.jpg
Maestro Marcel Meersschaut, with Josh on piano and Patrick Meersschaut watching.711 views55555
(1 votes)
gent164.jpg
Visit to The Atomium Brussels 1975588 views55555
(1 votes)
gent161.jpg
Visit to The Atomium Brussels 19752289 views55555
(1 votes)
gent153.jpg
Wilfried and Lydiane De Moor with Eric Hayles on a tall ship in Ghent931 views55555
(1 votes)
gent142.jpg
Wilfried De Moor auditions for Cirque du Soleil908 views55555
(1 votes)
gent140.jpg
Merelbeke centruum 19741103 views55555
(1 votes)
gent137.jpg
Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751036 views55555
(1 votes)
gent136.jpg
1975 not sure where but not far from Merelbeke1215 views55555
(1 votes)
gent128.jpg
Eric Hayles with Family De Moor923 views55555
(1 votes)
gent106.jpg
Our Aunty Cathy with Ronny Meersschaut752 views55555
(1 votes)
gent105.jpg
Hilda Meersschaut748 views55555
(1 votes)
gent95.jpg
Michael and Wilfried780 views55555
(1 votes)
gent88.jpg
Our relatives and the neighbours of the Meersschauts in Meerstraat (nu Weidestraat)725 views55555
(1 votes)
sketch1_320_256.jpg
Sint-Michielsschool 1999672 views55555
(1 votes)
98mysong.jpg
Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998563 viewsJonathan begeleidt zijn lied op keyboards...

WIJ ZIJN DE KINDEREN:

Wij zijn de kinderen van de Sint-Michielsschool
Wij vinden alles tof hier, we vinden alles "cool"
Wij leren goed onz' lessen, wij letten heel goed op
't Is werkelijk een eer les te volgen in deze school


Wij werken hard, iedere dag, er is altijd veel te doen
Da's geen probleem, wij werken graag, wat flink zijn is toch schoon
Wij houden van de leerkrachten, wat zij zeggen is altijd juist
Maar 't beste moment van elke dag is wanneer wij mogen vertrekken naar huis


Wij zijn ook op het internet, de wereld kan ons zien
Wij zijn bekend in 't buitenland, in de ruimte ook misschien
Dat zou ons niet verrassen, wij hebben al lang gedacht
Dat onze onderwijzers van de Sint-Michielsschool, bezoekers zijn van Mars


55555
(1 votes)
98iview.jpg
Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998560 viewsQuinten interviewt Jonathan55555
(1 votes)
98english.jpg
Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998553 views55555
(1 votes)
gent73.jpg
Children from Verlorenbroodstraat playing in the garden.771 views197555555
(1 votes)
gent66.jpg
Party time at Dansclub Terpsichore Merelbeke605 views55555
(1 votes)
gent67.jpg
Party time at Dansclub Terpsichore Merelbeke595 views55555
(1 votes)
gent50.jpg
Friends and neighbours playing snooker684 views55555
(1 votes)
gent45.jpg
Friends and neighbours playing snooker740 views55555
(1 votes)
gent42.jpg
Christmas fun in Verlorenbroodstraat732 viewsParty games, Maureen Hayles, Els Willems and Jonathan (Josh) Hayles55555
(1 votes)
gent40.jpg
Christmas fun in Verlorenbroodstraat756 viewsJonathan Hayles, ElsWillems55555
(1 votes)
merelbeke020.jpg
Josh looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 292332 viewsTaken with an Agfa Box camera, two exposures.1 comments55555
(1 votes)
merelbeke019.jpg
Michael looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 291645 viewsTaken with an Agfa box camera, two exposures.55555
(1 votes)
merelbeke017.jpg
The only way to repair a VW... get on your knees and pray!3356 viewsDad and Michael repair the heat exchangers already on our new Volkswagen Transporter minibus55555
(1 votes)
merelbeke012.jpg
Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1004 views55555
(1 votes)
merelbeke011.jpg
Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1042 views55555
(1 votes)
dad.jpg
Dad leaves for work in his brand new Volkswagen Transporter minibus1235 views55555
(1 votes)
volkunie.jpg
Volksunie afplakker 1974947 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.55555
(1 votes)
wembley.jpg
Wembley English pub in Ghent865 viewsAfplakker van de Wembley "English pub" in Gent.55555
(1 votes)
vbsrear.jpg
Verlorenbroodstraat 291020 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
(1 votes)
img002.jpg
Andrew on the roof...1012 viewsIn the background, the garage door of the Meerschaut's house. Marcel Meerschaut was a "Bobinage van motoren". 55555
(1 votes)
gent24.jpg
A typical street in Ghent.947 viewsAnyone know which street?55555
(1 votes)
gent18.jpg
Wilsonplein, Ghent925 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.55555
(1 votes)
gent17.jpg
Wilsonsplein Ghent.975 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.55555
(1 votes)
gent03.jpg
View from the roof1021 viewsShowing the rear of the Meersschaut's house and one of the garages, or "boxen" that Marcel Meersschaut rented out.55555
(1 votes)
gent01.jpg
Verlorenbroodstraat, at the end of the road.1038 views55555
(1 votes)
buildercu1.jpg
Foundations of Velorenbroodstraat 31, 19741285 viewsWilfried De Moor, his brother and nephew working on the foundations of Wilfried's villa.55555
(1 votes)
65 files on 2 page(s) 1