PhilW Posted 19 May , 2007 Share Posted 19 May , 2007 Just thought someone might be interested in these pics of Hows and the village. B/W ones taken just after Nov 23rd 1918 by John Alan Watson when Hows were shipped from the "front" back to Beauval. The colour ones taken by me on visit with my father in the '90s to the places his father had been in the Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cahoehler Posted 19 May , 2007 Share Posted 19 May , 2007 . . . . interested in these pics . . . . Phil Nice pix. Carl Hoehler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganshort Posted 19 May , 2007 Share Posted 19 May , 2007 Fascinating seeing then and now pics like this you have managed to get the angles just right to give a good comparason. That's one of the more difficult aspects of taking these kind of pics. Did you take the originals with you to help line up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 21 May , 2007 Share Posted 21 May , 2007 I always love before&after pics, especially when the angles are right! thanks Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjec Posted 23 May , 2007 Share Posted 23 May , 2007 Dear Phil, Very interesting, my Grandfather was BSM for 196 SB (which had 6" howitzers) and as you can see from 40 HAG War Diary, they were billeted at Beuvry from 28 November 1918. I am planning a trip to there later next year. Thanks for posting the photos. Best regards, Norman Poole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilW Posted 23 May , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 May , 2007 Norman, Hope you enjoy your trip, I was in area a few years ago researching my grandfather's diary - he was at La Bassee (well, shelling La Bassee from Mazingarbe Chateau grounds!) in 1915. If you haven't got accommodation I can recommend http://www.lestourterelles.fr/ in nearby Neoux-les-Mines (not a very attractive village it has to be said!) Double rooms about £50 and a superb restaurant! (My Dad was paying!) This will sound odd, but I was at school with a Norman Poole -you aren't by any very long chance originally from Scarborough are you?? By the way - if you want good maps of the area cheap (free!), go to http://www.geoportail.fr/index.php?event=D...f7d2e88aa8ee6ae Search for Beuvry, it will come up as an aerial photo, use the "transparence" slider top left to convert to map and then the zoom slider top right to get the scale you want, print off and voila! top class IGN map. Regards Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilW Posted 23 May , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 May , 2007 Sorry, link doesn't work. Try again http://www.lestourterelles.fr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 23 May , 2007 Share Posted 23 May , 2007 Hi Phil Great photo's well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfheart Posted 29 May , 2007 Share Posted 29 May , 2007 Great photos! I too love seeing then and now photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malte Znaniecki Posted 26 June , 2007 Share Posted 26 June , 2007 Top stuff ! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Frank Posted 9 July , 2008 Share Posted 9 July , 2008 Hi Carl I can see how the debate around the wheels of the Johannesburg 6” 26 CWT started. These wheel are all completely different. Even the outer rim fixing is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 July , 2008 Share Posted 9 July , 2008 great photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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