Then & Now, Holland

Pictures of the Zig (Uitwaterings) canal. Holland. Action fought 17th November 1944, Class 40 bridge built 18th November. 1944 Cameron Bridge is in the background, 2008 same view. The Bridge ran parallel to the Nederweert canal. The road is a main road to-day.
The house has an added floor and is a artists studio, it stands to the left of the canal as you view.
just found it on Google earth at 51 19'26.02" N - 5 54'07.30" E. photos on there similar to above plus one looking from where the bridge would have been back to the canal.

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Cheers Richard !

 

Suits me mate, for those interested, on Google earth, the little blue squares are labelled "Sluisje op Neerskanaal".

 

Excellent Then & Nows, thanks for posting them.

 

These pics were knocked up using GoogleEarth so they're not great I'm afraid.

 

Some time ago, I found a picture on the Internet, of a damaged crossing over the canal at Weert, in Holland. The picture showed a small crowd crossing the canal, with planks that had been laid to fill the damage, In it was a young boy, and one was a Nurse??? They were all on the bridge, and coming towards the camera.... Celebrating liberation

Thing is, I was underneath the bridge at the time, in a boat checking that it was safe.

I have never been able to find that picture again.... IT was at the time of the liberation of Weert. I recall it well. As the water wagon took the wrong turning and was never seen again. And that we lost a man that a German patrol spirited away during the night. That was on the high bank in Weert. I recall the planks very well, as we put them there to enable the folk to cross.

Don't ask me how I recall all these things.... much of my experiences made a deep impression on a 19 year old lad
Sapper

 

I really enjoy then and nows. Thanks for posting.

 

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

cheers,
phil

 

Some more from Oosterbeek...

 

Hi All,

Its suprising when you look back at photos of Arnhem Oosterbeek how much the houses have not changed.. Good work Paul cya sunday

Cheers
Tom

 

have seen thar pic too somewhere sapper, may have to look through my resources to find it this weekend

 

Some more from Oosterbeek:
Thanks to Barryman for some of them!

 

A couple from around the bridge area and a couple of Utrechtseweg J/W Oranjestraat.......

 

Very nice Paul, thats the "Battle of Arnhem Information Centre" on the 2nd
Picture, the building next to the Bridge.


Ron

 

Hi Ron,
Yes, we went in there when we were over last September. Very interesting it was too.

 

Very nice Paul, thats the "Battle of Arnhem Information Centre" on the 2nd
Picture, the building next to the Bridge.


Ron

I was also at the Slag of Arnhem Info centre last September, the image of the bridge with the damage really brings it home to you the ferocity of the Battle,
What I like about this image is how close the houses where to the bridge so can imagine the fighting which took place there.

 

Eusebius Church as seen from Trompetstraat.

 

Some great Then and Nows from Holland here:

Battledetective Now and Then Part 1

Battledetective Now and Then Part 2

Sapper...........Anyone you know?

 

Whilst this isn't strictly a "then & now" I thought some people may find it interesting (yes, the 'Arnhem' lot ).
It shows the Palace of Justice in Arnhem in September 1944. Circled is a damaged pillar,one of four that stood at the front of the building. This pillar now stands as the Airborne Monument at the far nothern end of John Frost Bridge.
All the best...........