FredV45
Groningen - Market pre-WW2
A pre-WW2 postcard photo of the Market Square and St Martinitoren (tower, built in the 15-16th century) in the late 1930s. From 1947-51 my family lived in this northern Dutch city, and I can remember feeling horrified as a 5 year old at the war damage to buildings around the market place and to the church caused by fighting when the city was liberated by Canadian forces.
My mother saved postcards of the Dutch places where she and her growing family had lived, as well as other pictures for the family photo album. Our family migrated to Australia in 1951 when the eldest of the children was only 5, so this photo album was an important way of keeping us kids in touch with our country of birth.
Groningen - Market pre-WW2
A pre-WW2 postcard photo of the Market Square and St Martinitoren (tower, built in the 15-16th century) in the late 1930s. From 1947-51 my family lived in this northern Dutch city, and I can remember feeling horrified as a 5 year old at the war damage to buildings around the market place and to the church caused by fighting when the city was liberated by Canadian forces.
My mother saved postcards of the Dutch places where she and her growing family had lived, as well as other pictures for the family photo album. Our family migrated to Australia in 1951 when the eldest of the children was only 5, so this photo album was an important way of keeping us kids in touch with our country of birth.