cutiger83 Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6701 Posted January 13, 2014 Ken, My favorite posts of yours! I LOVE the "then and now" shots. You have a great eye for finding these. I don't know how you do it. ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6702 Posted January 13, 2014 Hey there Ken, A rather belated Happy New Year from me as well! Great then/now shots of La Haye du Puits and an even better one of you back in the 70s! All the best, Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6703 Posted January 13, 2014 Johan, it is that very same one sir, it was also my first and the most expensive of all the Jeeps I bought, it was on the road, on the button starting, full tank of gas, UK road tax and a twelve month test certificate, and the seller snatched 120 UK pounds out of my hands for it. He had to sell it as his wife wanted new carpets in the living room. As I drove away having never driven one before I got to the intersection at the end of his road and had to stop at the traffic lights, sat across the traffic lights on the pavement watching passing cars was a police car and two occupants. Trying to appear a confident driver I slipped it into gear when the lights went to green and started to proceed backwards, as all Jeep drivers will know 1st gear position in a normal car is reverse position in a WWII Jeep. It is also the very same Jeep that I collected two speeding citations with. ( framed and wall mounted ) ken Norman D. landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 2 2014 . Downhill, with the wind behind him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6704 Posted January 13, 2014 Ken, Great "Then and Now" photo! I am a bit surprised however that you did not pull a Sherman out of the shoebox to stage in the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6705 Posted January 13, 2014 could those even be the same trees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6706 Posted January 13, 2014 Another great photo Ken.History lives through youe eye for detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6707 Posted January 13, 2014 Did someone mention my name?! Just been watching the last episode of the current "Sherlock" series! Excellent then/nows Ken. Back on form again! Houston we have a problem ....... I have exchanged several emails with Ian today as he hit me with his first email stating that the type-face I use works OK on his regular computer, but it's a mighty weird script on his iPad. The strange thing being, that when he was trying to send me what he was seeing, it was appearing normal on my computer, so in the end he had to send me a screen shot to clarify the situation. So apologies to everyone if it has been difficult to read my posts , I will try a different type-face. ken Norman D. landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6708 Posted January 13, 2014 Always enjoy your then and now images, Ken. Thanks for sharing these. And a little late in coming, but I wish you and yours a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year from the other side of the world! Cheers, David Hi Dave, well good to hear from you again, and in return all the wishes back to you and your family , and stay on line more images coming up ......... ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6709 Posted January 13, 2014 There's an older stone tower at La Haye du Puis. One of my dad's men put a rifle grenade right through one of the window slits as the companies first shot in the war. One in a million. Hi Jon, thanks for picking up on the La haye du Puits images and mentioning your father, I will try and get back to the area again in the next seven days and get some images of that older stone tower and post here for you . ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6710 Posted January 13, 2014 Ken, My favorite posts of yours! I LOVE the "then and now" shots. You have a great eye for finding these. I don't know how you do it. ...Kat Hi Kat, thanks for the post and here's another pair of comparison shots for you, I have done 180 miles since 06.30 this morning and managed to get a few good shots, sadly some that I was hoping to take photos of had roadworks operating there, so I will have to return there again. The set of steps in these photos I found whilst looking for the comparison of another image to be shown in a later post. This was very moving and emotional to be stood so close and looking at this set of steps where a man had sat down and slowly bled to death, it's not many times that you will see a full facial image of a dead soldier. Whilst the walls on either side of the steps have had renovation work done on them, then note the edge of the second step up below his feet, it has been cut-back on the lead edge. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6711 Posted January 13, 2014 Hey there Ken, A rather belated Happy New Year from me as well! Great then/now shots of La Haye du Puits and an even better one of you back in the 70s! All the best, Will Hi Will, well, good to be hearing from you again, thanks for the greetings and it was fun to dig out those old photo's they have been a surprise for my daughter, it's possible she has never seen them before and she doesn't recall me having a full head of hair, I must admit it's straining my memory as well, but it's saved on buying combs over the years . Semper Fi ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6712 Posted January 13, 2014 Downhill, with the wind behind him! HaHa Ian, well your a cheekie chappie aren't you , it was quite easy really with a rebored and rebuilt engine to exceed the 60 mph speed limits, average UK cars in the 1970's were only 850 -1000 CC size . ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6713 Posted January 13, 2014 Ken, Great "Then and Now" photo! I am a bit surprised however that you did not pull a Sherman out of the shoebox to stage in the photo! Hi Beast, well funnily enough back in the late 70's I had the opportunity to buy a working Sherman still with rifled barrel for £1.200 pounds, I had the money but at that time no where to store it, so sadly I had to let it pass, worth a bit more now than the £1.200 back then ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6714 Posted January 13, 2014 could those even be the same trees? Robert, good eye on the trees and they possibly are, but then again your always looking for trees to log for the woodstove ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6715 Posted January 13, 2014 Another great photo Ken.History lives through youe eye for detail. Hi Ron, I was always good on places, buildings and faces, but bloody useless with names ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 13, 2014 Share #6716 Posted January 13, 2014 Then & Now ............ Difficult to exactly line up these two images in Cherbourg harbor due to the fact that I would have to be stood in the centre of the roadway ( these are French drivers I'm dicing with here ), plus the differences between the camera's used back then and the small digital one I use now. The main three points of comparison in the images being the edge of the small building on the right, and the tall building centre left. Also note the temporary engineer built bridge in the centre of the photo and the modern replacement used now ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6717 Posted January 15, 2014 I've heard your quick on your feet. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6718 Posted January 15, 2014 He has a list of jaywalking tickets as long as your arm, Robert...and all for the sake of the hobby. Did he ever tell you about the time he stood in the middle of La Place de la Concorde to just get a then& now shot looking along Les Champs Elysees? They don't call him "Kamikaze Ken" for nothin' you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6719 Posted January 15, 2014 as I recall we were driving south through the town, and there was a small bend, and it was on the right hand side. My dad jammed on the brakes, as seeing it brought back those memories he had forgotten many years before. We were going to explore it, but I think he was worried that he'd find out some Frenchman was watching them and got killed in it. It was just south of the town that they went into action, his company got extended when the rest were unable to move forward, all the officers but him were taken out, first casualty was the CO, followed by the 1st Sgt. He was shot through the side, but stayed as "he was the only officer left, and he could not leave the men." He never went back to the hospital for it. That kind of thing just amazes me. staying at the front with an entry and exit wound in your side. I guess I grew up wondering if I would have been able to do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6720 Posted January 15, 2014 Ken, More great pictures. Thanks so much for the updates. The one in the doorway is very sombering. I honestly don't know how you keep finding these spots. You must have a photographic memory. ....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6721 Posted January 15, 2014 Then & Now ........ Post # 6722 An additional image to the ones shown in post # 6722, this is a pre WWII postcard I have just found featuring the bridge crossing in Cherbourg harbor. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 15 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6722 Posted January 15, 2014 I've heard your quick on your feet. LOL Hi Robert, depends if I am running, for one reason or another ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6723 Posted January 15, 2014 He has a list of jaywalking tickets as long as your arm, Robert...and all for the sake of the hobby. Did he ever tell you about the time he stood in the middle of La Place de la Concorde to just get a then& now shot looking along Les Champs Elysees? They don't call him "Kamikaze Ken" for nothin' you know! Hi Ian, well it has been a pretty Kamikaze lifestyle one way or another, at one stage I was considering I wouldn't get to be 50, perhaps I used up a bunch of those nine lives I was blessed with. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6724 Posted January 15, 2014 as I recall we were driving south through the town, and there was a small bend, and it was on the right hand side. My dad jammed on the brakes, as seeing it brought back those memories he had forgotten many years before. We were going to explore it, but I think he was worried that he'd find out some Frenchman was watching them and got killed in it. It was just south of the town that they went into action, his company got extended when the rest were unable to move forward, all the officers but him were taken out, first casualty was the CO, followed by the 1st Sgt. He was shot through the side, but stayed as "he was the only officer left, and he could not leave the men." He never went back to the hospital for it. That kind of thing just amazes me. staying at the front with an entry and exit wound in your side. I guess I grew up wondering if I would have been able to do the same. Hi Jon, I think I may have an image of the tower in mind that you mention in relation to your fathers service history, leave it with me and I will try and get some images on here shortly . Will have to be next week now, at the weekend about twenty of us are doing a walk through the Falaise gap area, looking forward to that. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 15, 2014 Share #6725 Posted January 15, 2014 Ken, More great pictures. Thanks so much for the updates. The one in the doorway is very sombering. I honestly don't know how you keep finding these spots. You must have a photographic memory. ....Kat Well Kat, thanks, and here's another then & now pair of images for you and still in Cherbourg at the moment. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 13 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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