Then and Now

[Carlo3]

July 1919 Marshal Foch parading on horseback at the peace pageant. Knightsbridge, London.







July 1919 French soldiers holding flags and riding in tanks at the Arc de Triomphe during a Bastille Day Victory Parade celebrating the end of the first world war.

[Carlo3]

February 1918 the north-east wing of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, after it was hit by a bomb dropped by a German Zeppelin











The Need for Fighting Men Is Urgent.Trafalgar Square London November 1914

[Carlo3]

Netherlands

[Carlo3]

Damage of a V2 rocket which accidentally fell on Duindorp-Netherlands











Demolishing the anti-tank wall,Scheveningen,Netherlands







More barricades









The wall and barricades as seen from the street.

[Carlo3]

Summer is coming it's time to go on the beach,are you ready?
in this case I prefer Dutch beaches....!

[earlymb]

Very nice! Both photo's were made on the Scheveningen beach near The Hague; the first one near the entrance to the port (about where the Vissershavenweg ends in the Strandweg). You can see the Kurhaus in the background. The second photo was made in front of the Kurhaus.

I live about 2.5 km away from there.

[Carlo3]

Thanks earlymb...you should also be able to recognize these places..not far from you.

Here is the source of the pics
World War II - Bas de Mos










Kamp Duindorp, an internment camp created after the war for locking up NSB members.

[earlymb]

Yup. The first set of pics were made at the beginning of the Keizerstraat (sea-side) in Scheveningen, right next to the church (just out of frame on the left side). The second set was made at the intersection of the Westduinweg and Houtrustweg. Third set is the South pier of the harbour entrance, and the fourth set is at the foot of the North pier. There still are plenty of bunkers in this area, but mostly hidden from view now. All locations are 15 minutes or less away by bicycle for me...

[Carlo3]

The Netherlands

























Street of Duindorp without a road surface. The bricks were taken out and used to build bunkers











A march of the notorious NSB.

[earlymb]

The 3th set is the Keizerstraat again, but from the other side. The NSB marches on the Strandweg; the old building in the background is Pavillion de Witte. The other sets seem to be taken around Scheveningen too.