Admin Michelle Young Posted 19 November , 2021 Admin Share Posted 19 November , 2021 I had a similar wait, on a filthy cold wet day in January 2018, with a need for the museum to open so I could use the facilities… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Forge Posted 19 November , 2021 Share Posted 19 November , 2021 57 minutes ago, Michelle Young said: I had a similar wait, on a filthy cold wet day in January 2018, with a need for the museum to open so I could use the facilities… 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 19 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2021 Is there a huntin' shootin' and fishin' connection Richard? As for the museum maybe they are working on antipodean time....... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 19 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2021 3 hours ago, Old Forge said: use the facilities… Which are very nice as I remember them; but useless if closed. That area is not well served for services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 19 November , 2021 Share Posted 19 November , 2021 1 hour ago, Fattyowls said: Which are very nice as I remember them; but useless if closed. That area is not well served for services. One point the other half used to complain about, after one such visit she never drank coffee before war graving 6 hours ago, Marilyne said: OK... now I follow... for Pete's information: West Flemish is a perfectly not-understandable dialect ... once described by the Master of Belhaven as "a horrible mixture of bad french and even worse German" ... or something like that. Don't have the quote at hand. M. same as we were told about Northern France being a mix of French and Belgian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 19 November , 2021 Share Posted 19 November , 2021 @Old Forge: FROMELLES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 19 November , 2021 Share Posted 19 November , 2021 55 minutes ago, chaz said: same as we were told about Northern France being a mix of French and Belgian Or "Alsacien" as being half french, half German... in the same vein: try and understand the "Kelmischer Platt", the sort of language they speak in Boyfriend's village... especially when spoken by a bunch of old men after one too many beers... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 19 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2021 So as I think Marilyne has correctly identified the Lys valley's newest war cemetery we still have John's communal cemetery (or extension) with the two crosses and Marilyne's alarmingly sloping Belgian contribution. On John's I decided to look for communal cemeteries on the Somme in order of number of casualties and didn't find a match. Which suggests to me that it is a communal extension or not in the Somme area (or both). As for Marilyne's I wondered if it was Champion near Namur, but English language internet resources to link the metal band are decidedly poor. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 20 November , 2021 Admin Share Posted 20 November , 2021 After some very lateral thinking about Belgian Metal bands, I came up with Amenra who hail from Kortrijk which is where Johns photo is taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 19 hours ago, Fattyowls said: As for Marilyne's I wondered if it was Champion near Namur, but English language internet resources to link the metal band are decidedly poor. Pete. they don't talk west-flemish in Namur... sorry 6 hours ago, Michelle Young said: After some very lateral thinking about Belgian Metal bands, I came up with Amenra who hail from Kortrijk which is where Johns photo is taken. not Amenra. Tip: the place is also famous for a chimney and a train station M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 20 November , 2021 Admin Share Posted 20 November , 2021 @Frajohnphoto is Kortrijk St Jan isn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 26 minutes ago, Marilyne said: they don't talk west-flemish in Namur... sorry not Amenra. Tip: the place is also famous for a chimney and a train station M. Schoonselhof Cemetery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 2 minutes ago, neverforget said: Schoonselhof Cemetery? that's in aaaaantwerpe... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 Ramskapelle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 4 minutes ago, Knotty said: Ramskapelle? YES !!! We have a winner... and as a price, you may now all listen to 4 minutes of WEST VLAAMS : M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Marilyne said: that's in aaaaantwerpe... M. Wild guess based on the train station 😊 Edit..Well done Knotty 👍 Edited 20 November , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 48 minutes ago, neverforget said: Wild guess based on the train station I thought I recognised it from the hedge amongst the headstones and I spent ages looking, but could not put a name until M mentioned the station, then the son of a railway man came out, and I found my old picture of a “derelict” station and written on the back was ……..😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Forge Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 (edited) Well done all! (Thought Fromelles wouldn’t test the leetle grey cells too much). I travelled down from Wipers yesterday to see where 2/Wilts experienced their Christmas truce, plus their involvement in Neuve Chapelle, Aubers and Festubert. I found this poignant story-in-waiting in the Rue David Cemetery. Richard Edited 26 November , 2021 by Old Forge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frajohn Posted 20 November , 2021 Share Posted 20 November , 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Michelle Young said: @Frajohnphoto is Kortrijk St Jan isn’t it? Quite correct, well done. I was sure that answered this earlier so sorry if duplicated John Edited 20 November , 2021 by Frajohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 20 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2021 37 minutes ago, Frajohn said: Kortrijk St Jan Is there a story behind the smaller cross with the same design John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 20 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2021 2 hours ago, Old Forge said: I travelled down from Wipers yesterday to see where 2/Wilts experienced their Christmas truce Where exactly were they Richard? From Chris Baker's 'Truce' I can see that they were between Bois Grenier and Rue du Bois, and he quotes the war diary. That area in general and the truce in particular are abiding interests of mine, maybe you could post a photo or two? I'm quite envious. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frajohn Posted 21 November , 2021 Share Posted 21 November , 2021 10 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Is there a story behind the smaller cross with the same design John? Hi Pete Nothing that I am aware of, though my visit there was a long time ago Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 22 November , 2021 Admin Share Posted 22 November , 2021 Some years apart, and to paraphrase the song, Nice face, shame about the legs. Where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 22 November , 2021 Share Posted 22 November , 2021 9 hours ago, Michelle Young said: Some years apart, and to paraphrase the song, Nice face, shame about the legs. Where is this? the white socks!!! Love'em !! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2021 On 22/11/2021 at 11:51, Michelle Young said: to paraphrase the song Does your lord and master ever look in on the forum Michelle? Just asking for a friend. Pass on our best anyway. I took a look at both photos and tried to fit the scene to somewhere I knew and thought of the Lonsdales on the Somme looking back towards Thiepval. I am sure I am wrong but that is what the lie of the land reminded me of. Which is as usual a long winded way of saying sorry I haven't a clue. It's interesting the way the trees have grown; I was just looking at a photo of the NZ Memorial at Messines and thinking that it was completely in the open with no trees when I first went there. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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