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Foundations of Number 3110775 views
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Michael Hayles, Ronny Meersschaut, Hedwig Piens leave for the GITO5182 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!4644 viewsDad and Michael repair the heat exchangers already on our new Volkswagen Transporter minibus
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Josh looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 292647 viewsTaken with an Agfa Box camera, two exposures.1 comments
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Michael looking ghostly on the roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 291807 viewsTaken with an Agfa box camera, two exposures.
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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 from a post card1566 views2 comments
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Foundations of Velorenbroodstraat 31, 19741407 viewsWilfried De Moor, his brother and nephew working on the foundations of Wilfried's villa.
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A view of the nurseries seen from Verlorenbroodstraat1379 views
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Dad leaves for work in his brand new Volkswagen Transporter minibus1376 views
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The end of Verlorenbroodstraat1371 viewsOur short-cut to the Hundelgemsesteenweg.
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1975 not sure where but not far from Merelbeke1359 views
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Foundations of 31 Verlorenbrooadstraat1325 viewsWilfried de Moor was building a villa. Josh spent many happy days helping out.
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Merelbeke centruun - Gemeentehuis 19741243 views
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GITO Merelbeke, 4e Elektriciteit 1977-781236 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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Merelbeke centruum 19741228 views
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Boer en ploegpaard 2 - Merelbeke farmer 19751224 viewsPlus zoon?
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Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 by night, by Jonathan Hayles1217 viewsTaken on an Agfa box camera resting on the ground with an exposure of about one minute.
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On the roof 1213 viewsJonathan and his dad, Eric.
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1185 views
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751166 views
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Ringvaart Merelbeke 19751161 views
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke1159 views
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Photo developers A Bracke in Merelbeke1148 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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Verlorenbroodstraat, at the end of the road.1142 views
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Verlorenbroodstraat 291137 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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De Schelde at the end of Verlorenbroodstraat 1970s1132 views
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View from the roof1129 viewsShowing the rear of the Meersschaut's house and one of the garages, or "boxen" that Marcel Meersschaut rented out.
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Andrew on the roof...1126 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 19751114 views
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Jonathan, Andrew Michael at Verlorenbroodstraat 291107 views
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Michael, near Merelbeke 19751106 views
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Our Merelbeke home starts arriving back in England.....1106 views.... on the roof of dad's VW Transporter minibus.
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!1028 viewsMerelbeke 1977
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!996 viewsMerelbeke 1977
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke990 views
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Michael the giant leans on a neighbour's house in Verlorenbroodstraat987 views
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Foundations of 31 Verlorenbroodstraat in 1974986 viewsFrom the roof of Number 29
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke960 views
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Boer en ploegpaard1 - Merelbeke farmer 1975940 views
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Sky in Verlorenbroodstraat Merelbeke, 1970s923 views
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Ducks in our garden at Verlorenbroodstraat 29919 views
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Sint Niklaas comes to Merelbeke908 viewsOne of the Criel brothers from Verlorenbroodstraat
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On the roof885 viewsJonathan, Andrew and Michael on the roof of our 1970s modernist Belgian house.
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Boerderij in Merelbeke880 views
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Michael and dad fix the VW exhaust.. it's only one year old!!875 viewsMerelbeke 1977
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Josh on roof of Verlorenbroodstraat 29874 viewsYou can see Marcel Meersschaut's "boxen" in the background.
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Josh, Michael and dad, Eric, on the roof872 views
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Boerderij in Merelbeke868 views
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Winter in Verlorenbroodstraat843 viewsA view across the road from our front garden.
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Austin 1800 in the drive of our house837 viewsDad's car, built in 1965. He bought it circa 1970.
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke810 views
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Andrew on the roof796 views
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke795 views
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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke784 views
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A view of nurseries from a back bedroom of Verlorenbroodstraat 29775 viewsBy the late 1990s this scene looked very different, with a new housing estate standing where the nurseries were.
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Ringvaart Merelbeke769 views
       
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