stripeyman Posted 12 November , 2022 Share Posted 12 November , 2022 I have been trawling through my photographs. This was taken by me with my Canon AE in 1987. It is this side of Cambrai but after 35 years it has slipped my memory. Can anyone say where it was and what was its purpose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 12 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 12 November , 2022 I don’t know if this is your place for sure but there are a lot of structures in Gouzeaucourt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 15 November , 2022 Share Posted 15 November , 2022 Have been going through some old photo boxes to find pic which will give location, but haven't found it yet. Will have another look in some other archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 16 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 16 November , 2022 Him indoors wonders if it might be in the Aubers area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 16 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2022 No it was in the Cambrai area, I remember going to Ribecourt but no recollection of Gouzeaucourt, it was a while ago..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 16 November , 2022 Share Posted 16 November , 2022 As for place I can't help. But I'm sure a couple of years ago this or similar pictures appeared in its own thread.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 17 November , 2022 Share Posted 17 November , 2022 Can't find my old pics, but certainly it is in a village in the west/south Cambrai area, part of the Hindenburg defences. I'll have another root through some boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick63 Posted 17 November , 2022 Share Posted 17 November , 2022 On 16/11/2022 at 12:33, chaz said: As for place I can't help. But I'm sure a couple of years ago this or similar pictures appeared in its own thread.. My thoughts as well. Definitely on this forum somewhere I think.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 19 November , 2022 Share Posted 19 November , 2022 Perhaps it might be worth posting it in the " Has anyone got a photograph of...?" thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 2 December , 2022 Share Posted 2 December , 2022 Had another look at some files with old photos and info, but couldn't find what I was looking for. So made local enquiries. The bunker in the photo, together with the farmhouse, was destroyed in about year 2,000, apparently on insistence of the farmer's wife. Below is pic today, had to take it from google earth. Location is Graincourt, Rue de Marquion, it was the last house on the road out of the village, trench map ref 57c K6a 6.5 . Sad to see another vestige gone, however it had been lucky to survive so long as 520 Field Coy demolished most in the village on 4/5th December '17 when the British retreated from the village. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 4 December , 2022 Author Share Posted 4 December , 2022 Well done to Peter, not so to the farmer's wife. Behind the photographers is open ground so not in a enclosed street. What would the structure have been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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