Talbot House, All Rank Abandon Ye Who Enter Here, Poeringe August 2009, a photo post

A photo post of Talbot House

In December of 1915 two British Army chaplains, Neville S. Talbot and Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton rented a gentlemans guest house in Poperinge, to be used as a rest center, for troops who where out of the line of Ieper (Ypres) Salient, during The Great War (First World War, WW1). It was named after Neville's brother, Gilbert Talbot, who was killed in action but was mostly to be run by the man who became a bit of a legend, Tubby Clayton. Also known as Toc H it is hard to find a book written by some one who was in the Ieper Salient during The Great War, that does not mention Talbot House and extol it's value of a haven of peace and serenity, away from the horrors of war. Talbot house is still open, not only as a living Museum but for people to stay at. If you want to find out more about Talbot house, please visit this website Talbot House.

The sign (now preserved in glass) outside Talbot House

The wooden cross that originally marked the grave of Gilbert Talbot

The chapel in the loft of the house

A copy of one of the original information posters

The interior downstairs

A set of gongs made out of shell bases
If they are struck in the right order they have the Big Ben chimes tune

Tubby Clayton's room

For other posts in this series please click on the following
Talbot House, All Rank Abandon Ye Who Enter Here, Poperinge August 2009
Talbot House, All Rank Abandon Ye Who Enter Here, The Garden, Poeringe August 2009, a photo and video post

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The Saturday Curiosity Box

What is the Saturday Curiosity Box?

Well so far on this blog I have only used my own photographs and videos but there is a lot going on around the Internet that I enjoy and would like to share with others. So I thought that I would try a little experiment, over the next few Saturdays and have one post a week where any changes to the blog are announced, any important news from the ex pat world or from any of the blogs on my blog roll is shared and at the end, something from the Internet that has caught my attention or made me laugh that I think others might like. I hope you all enjoy The Saturday Curiosity Box.

Three new blogs for the blog roll

Small Fish in the Big Taco - A blog not only about life in Mexico but about the travels of it's owner, with some excellent photographs.

Ancient Digger - The blog of an archaeologist who points out many things ancient that are new to me and I suspect many others.

Biker Ted Diaries - This is the blog of a stuffed teddy who enjoys the touring motorbike lifestyle and takes photos and videos along the way. It is well worth spending an hour or two digging through the archives on this blog, there is some very interesting material on this blog.

How not to get into a bath

I'm not sure how this woman felt about this but she does not look too impressed.

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Talbot House, All Rank Abandon Ye Who Enter Here, Poperinge August 2009

Post schedule

This will be a three post series, this vid clip post, an interruption for another type of post on Saturday (just an idea I want to try) and the two other posts a photo post and a mixed clip photo post next week.

Talbot House

Unfortunately I have not much time to put this post together, Hopefully I will have more time to tell you about this place in the following two posts. Talbot House was a rest center in the town of Poperinge during The Great War (First World War, WW1). It was a place for troops, who had been serving in the trenches, in the Ieper (Ypres) Salient to rest and relax. The following clip is of the chapel, which is in the attic of the house. It is amazing to think that as many as 170 soldiers would cram themselves into this small room to attend a service.

The Chapel at Talbot House

For other posts in this series please visit the following links
Talbot House, All Rank Abandon Ye Who Enter Here, Poeringe August 2009, a photo post
Talbot House, All Rank Abandon Ye Who Enter Here, The Garden, Poeringe August 2009, a photo and video post

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Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 second photo post

This is the last in this post series about the Oldtimers classic car event in Wervik. I have loads more pictures and video of this event, so I might do another post or two about this event in the winter, when there is not a lot going on. If you want to find out about what classic car events are happening in Belgium this year follow this link Oldtimer evenementen: meetings, rondritten, beurzen. You can see another clip of this event and other classic car events in Belgium on you tube, through this channel YouTube - westcoastbugs's Channel.

A Corvette Stingray

A Model T Ford (I believe the oldest car at the show)

A Triumph Bonneville 750

A Jaguar Mark 2
(I want one)

1950 Chevrolet Apache
This one was for sale for anyone who has €19000 to spare

An old Opel in a bad way
This shows how a lot of these cars start off and how much care and work must go into restoring them. I wonder if this car will be back at the show in a year or two, looking all bright and shiny.

For the other posts in this series follow the links below.
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 first photo post
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009, the second clip, classics in motion

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Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009, the second clip, classics in motion

The second clip

At Wervik's Oldtimers classic car event plenty of the vehicles seemed to be coming and going or just generally shunting about and as modes of transport are seen at their best when they are on the move, I grabbed as many shots of vehicles in motion as I could. The following clip, after a brief crowd shot, shows the old timers going along, mostly it is of cars but some two wheeled transport got in on the act as well.

Classics cruising

For more info on classic car events in Belgium this year follow this link Oldtimer evenementen: meetings, rondritten, beurzen.

For the other posts in this series,follow the links below
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 first photo post
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 second photo post

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Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 first photo post

This is the first of two photo posts from the Wervik Oldtimers event. There will be another photo post, two posts down the road. If you want details of more classic car events in Belgium this year follow the following link Oldtimer evenementen: meetings, rondritten, beurzen.

A lovely old Peugeot

A Lambretta

A Renault with a one wheeled trailer

Willys Jeep

Delorean

A Renault (I think) van

For other posts in this series, follow the links below.
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009, the second clip, classics in motion
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 second photo post

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Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009

Post schedule

This will be a four post series, the video clip in this post, a photo post, another clip post and finally a second photo post.

Old Timers, Wervik, clip one

I visited the Old Timers car event in Wervik on Sunday the 16th of August. Wervik is a small town located on the river Leie (Lys), on the border between France and Belgium. The event was larger than I thought it would be, with hundreds of cars and other vehicles, that were made any time from the 1920s to the 1980s. The following clip is of some of the vehicles and other things going on at the meeting.

Classic car meetings and other events are popular in Belgium, if you want to find out about upcoming classical auto events please check out the following link Oldtimer evenementen: meetings, rondritten, beurzen.

For other posts in this series, visit the links below.
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 first photo post
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009, the second clip, classics in motion
Oldtimers, Wervik's Classic Car Event, August 2009 second photo post

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The interior of St. Martin's Cathedral, Ieper, June 2009

St. Martin's Cathedral inside

There have been posts of St. Martin's in Ieper before, links to these posts are below.
The tower of St. Martin's Cathedral in Ieper
St. Martin's cathedral ruins from the Great War 1914 - 1918
Some more ruins and another view of the tower of St. Martin's, Ieper
St.Martin's with bells on it

Here is a clip showing some views of the interior of St. Martin's.

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A monument to a lullaby (Le P'tit Quinquin) - Lille June 2009, a photo post

Le P'tit Quinquin

This is the monument/statue celebrating the lullaby Le P'tit quinquin, in Lille, France. This is more than a lullaby though. It is the unofficial anthem of both Lille and Picardy, it sparked a revival in the Picardy language of "Long Chiti'mi" And became the marching song of the soldiers from northern France, who took part in the Franco-Prussian war in the 1870s.

If you wish to hear the lullaby please follow this link
Les Huchets - Le P'tit Quinquin

More views of the monument

The information plaque at the monument

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Buttes (CWGC) cemetery, July 2009, part three

This is the second clip of Buttes, CWGC cemetery. It is taken from the entrance of the cemetery and is a pan, starting at the chapel and finishes looking at the butte, from within the cemetery. For more info on this area during The Great War (WW1) visit Battle of Polygon Wood and Battle of Passchendaele.

Buttes cemetery entrance and grounds

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Buttes (CWGC) cemetery, July 2009, part two, a photo post

Here are some photographs of Buttes New British Cemetery. Some information links are at the end of the post.

The chapel

The cemetery

The memorial of the Australian 5th Division

From one of the info boards at the cemetery

Battle of Polygon Wood 26 September 1917
Battle of Passchendaele - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CWGC :: Cemetery Details
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Buttes (CWGC) cemetery, July 2009, part one

This will be a three post series, a clip today, photos in part two and then another clip to finish.

Buttes Cemetery (full name Buttes New British Cemetery) is a CWGC cemetery with burials of soldiers from The Great War (WW1).
It is called Buttes because before the war this area was owned by the Belgian army and at one end of the cemetery is a large earth mound or "Butte" which was part of the rifle range that used to be here. This area saw fighting throughout the great war but is most remembered for Battle of Polygon wood, which was part of Battle of Passchendaele.

This clip is from the top or the Butte and includes the Australian 5th division memorial.

Buttes from the Butte

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The witch parade (Heksenstoet) in Beselare, Witches and Cats, July 2009

Witches and cats

This is the last in this little posting series about the Heksenstoet in Beselare.com. This video clip is a compilation showing some of the witches and cats that took part in the parade. I have enough material to make another clip of the parade but I thought that I would save that for the autumn or winter, when the weather is not so good and there is not so much going on, enjoy.

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The witch parade (Heksenstoet) in Beselare, a photo post, July 2009

As promised, the second of three posts about Beselare's Heksenstoet. The last, another video clip of the parade, will be posted on Monday.

One of the local witches

The local gentry turned out

A couple of the larger witches

These ghost dancers were very good

A lot of the houses in the village had a witch guarding their door

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