roel22 Posted 29 August , 2008 Share Posted 29 August , 2008 Can anybody update me on how the Diggers are doing? All I know is a new law forbid further excavations and they had to go to court before the summer holiday... Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 29 August , 2008 Share Posted 29 August , 2008 We had a few posts a month or so ago about a dig but not much else, Roel. If Frans or any of his crew are looking in they may wish to know that the Digger hat and a couple of their pins will be getting an airing on the Somme next week and hopefully appear in a photographic extravaganza, in the following weeks. It would be nice to hear more from them to hear how they are getting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 29 August , 2008 Share Posted 29 August , 2008 Tom Frans is rather busy at the momment work commitments and i am sure he will be back on posting when he can Tafski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 29 August , 2008 Share Posted 29 August , 2008 Thanks Bruce. I hope he and his band of helpers are all well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 31 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 31 August , 2008 No news about the court-case from a few months back? I hope they'll be out of trouble soon. Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pol Posted 31 August , 2008 Share Posted 31 August , 2008 No news about the court-case from a few months back? I hope they'll be out of trouble soon. Roel Roel, We have to go to court again, septembre 8th. We hope to bring you good news. Anyway, you will get news from us, good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 31 August , 2008 Share Posted 31 August , 2008 trouble ? who said they were in trouble? tafski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 31 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 31 August , 2008 Good luck, Pol. Let's hope for the best. Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 31 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 31 August , 2008 trouble ? who said they were in trouble? tafski Well, trouble may be a bit 'over the top'. But then again: a group called the diggers that isn't allowed to dig anymore; That's what I meant by 'trouble'... Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 12 February , 2019 Share Posted 12 February , 2019 Coming across this Topic, and wondering a while ago where to post what I wanted to communicate, I think this may be a good place... All things pass ... Or even better: All good things come to and end. :-) and :-( Approx. 20 years ago Jacky Platteeuw and I started a website of The Diggers. I think I can say it was successful. Then in April 2004 I left the team, and being no longer in a position to update the website, it looked like the Diggers website it would disappear soon, as I (understandably) was not willing to invest in a website of a team that I was not part of. Thanks to a very welcome coincidence though (I could explain, but it is a little complicated) the Diggers website continued to exist. (As to my finances : it was free.) After almost 15 years I could only be grateful for that. I used it for myself, as a source of information - provided by myself. Also as a source of nostalgia. And also because it enabled me to provide people with links to specific items they contacted me about. However, yesterday I noticed, with sadness in my heart, that the website ceased to exist, probably a week ago. So when you click on http://www.mausershooters.org/diggers/ you will not see The Diggers website. Only a message that The Domain Name has Expired"... And that it can be renewed. (Which I will not and cannot do.) Allow me to thank all the GWF members who in the past (almost 20 years) popped in. And my apologies to all those who may find a link on the GWF in a number of my postings of the past years, which when clicking on it, shows nothing interesting anymore. But life goes on. And it will not stop me from digging. Which in fact I I have done all the time since April 2004. Except that then I started "digging above ground". Less muddy, and a lot drier ! No more dirty boots. :-) Aurel P.S. By the way, what do you see in the UK when you click on the link ? I see clickable references to Dutch / Flemish websites (Like Foto op Canvas ... Autoverzekering ... Vliegtickets ... I guess something else in the UK ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 12 February , 2019 Admin Share Posted 12 February , 2019 Sad to see. Here in the UK I am seeing credit cards, insurance etc. A pity a great resource has been lost. But life goes on. Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanewt Posted 12 February , 2019 Share Posted 12 February , 2019 Share your sadness Aurel. Such a great experience, for me, from a chance meeting at Menin gate so long ago now. I see simple expired notice and suggested links to other sites. Many thanks to De Diggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 13 February , 2019 Share Posted 13 February , 2019 Read it before in the Dutch WW1 forum. As you said rightly, all things will end...….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 13 February , 2019 Share Posted 13 February , 2019 Thanks, Egbert and David and Asanewt, But ... the good news is that - thanks to my son (how did he do it ?!) ... A sort of "resurrection" (of like a phoenix from its ashes :-) ), with a different URL though. I'll keep you informed ... Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 February , 2019 Share Posted 13 February , 2019 A big "DANK JE WEL" from the other side of the country !! Thanks for all the work, Diggers!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 13 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 February , 2019 Many thanks indeed, Aurel! Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 13 February , 2019 Admin Share Posted 13 February , 2019 Looking forward to seeing it in its glory Thanks to both you and your son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 13 February , 2019 Share Posted 13 February , 2019 Thankfully I had the pleasure of following the De Diggers web pages at the time and has been a very useful source over the years. I’m pleased the Phoenix will rise from its URL......... most things are archived and can be viewed in their old formats...so I’m told. Like others above have mentioned I shall welcome back Aurel’s work........well done Junior Sercu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 15 February , 2019 Share Posted 15 February , 2019 And here I am again, to proudly present ... http://users.telenet.be/aurel.sercu/ I know "Diggers" is not in the name (URL) anymore. My son explained why this is not possible. Did I understand his explanation ? Hardly. But that is the case in most of his expanations regarding this sort of stuff. :-) All that counts is that "all is not lost". My hope is that this "resurrection" is not temporary ... For the internet can act in mysterious ways ... Jay dubaya, " most things are archived and can be viewed in their old formats...so I’m told" Yes, that's true. You refer to Wayback Machine ? https://archive.org/web/ I have been there a couple of times in the last two weeks, but it only leads to : "Temporarily unavailable, but will be back online shortly". Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 15 February , 2019 Share Posted 15 February , 2019 4 hours ago, Aurel Sercu said: " most things are archived and can be viewed in their old formats...so I’m told" Yes, that's true. You refer to Wayback Machine ? https://archive.org/web/ I have been there a couple of times in the last two weeks, but it only leads to : "Temporarily unavailable, but will be back online shortly". Aurel Actually I've never heard of Wayback Machine Aurel, what a great little find, having now looked I can see there are a couple more such platforms hosting archived web pages. Very pleased to see your work back online and long may it last, thank you Aurel Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 16 February , 2019 Share Posted 16 February , 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Aurel Sercu said: . You refer to Wayback Machine ? https://archive.org/web/ I have been there a couple of times in the last two weeks, but it only leads to : "Temporarily unavailable, but will be back online shortly". Aurel If you go to https://web.archive.org/web/20160405055413/http://mausershooters.org/diggers/ you will see the website mausershooters.org/diggers as archived in the Wayback Machine at 5 April 2016. This was the latest date I could see. Cheers Maureen Edited 16 February , 2019 by Maureene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 16 February , 2019 Share Posted 16 February , 2019 (edited) Maureen, Yes ! And I was quite surprised to see that. (Because I thought I had checked that date and also before 2016, but think I remembered I saw "temporarily unavailable" too, which I saw for recent dates. Apparently I was wrong.) Thanks ! (Yet I wish I understood why one can see up to 5 April 2016, and not more recent, 2017, 2018 and 2019). No, do not explain ! Though it would make me feel a little (digitally) smarter. That is, provided I understand of course. :-) Jon Yes, that Wayback Machine comes in handy from time to time. And indeed there are "alternative" platforms. But somehow the name ... deters me. (But I am easily scared on the internet. I am not very brave ... Maybe because I never was an 'alternative' ?) By the way, I am finalizing my Chappell / Smith project (Unknown 'Duke' in Talana Farm Cemetery). You'll hear from me soon. Aurel Edited 16 February , 2019 by Aurel Sercu Forgot a part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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