unitedsound Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 I'm struggling to place this image within the current Hooge Crater museum site. Can anyone offer help? Also, has anyone seen a trench map showing the museum's trench line exhibit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Hooge Crater museum, on the Menin Road, is housed in a small church building with a cafe added in what used to be the school-room. The rebuilt Hooge Chateau, now a hotel, is a little further up the road and this is the place which has an area of craters, concrete dugouts and excavated trenches. The photo shows the original Hooge Crater, which was in the fields behind the museum, not in the area which is now the hotel battlefield exhibit. The Hooge crater was filled in many years ago. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitedsound Posted 17 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Tom Thanks very much for your informative reply. I've been there twice and always had the impression that the pools of water were in fact the original craters. Do you know if they are linked to the infamous one? ie were there multiple craters? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 David, the big Hooge Crater was blown in July, 1915. The craters we see today in the hotel grounds were blown by the Germans in 1916. There's a very widely-held belief that the present-day small craters are The Hooge Crater but as you have observed, their shape and size simply doesn't accord with the enormous crater in the photograph. I'm hoping that a Forum Pal will come along soon with an illustration from a trench-map, showing the position of the crater relative to today's museum, hotel and cemetery. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Grande Guerre Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Concerning the craters at Hooge, click on http://pierreswesternfront.punt.nl/index.php?r=1&id=413427&tbl_archief=0 for photos and information, please, David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Here's the location of todays museum and the hotel in relation to the craters regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Hi, the foto card in the first post doesn't show Hooge Crater but the Bluff regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Hi URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/hooge.jpg/][/url] Uploaded with ImageShack.us Hooge Crater in 1916 regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Thanks for the excellent map, Tom. David, you can see the big 1915 Hooge Crater just behind the museum and also the group of smaller 1916 craters in the grounds of today's hotel. You can also see how the original chateau was further off the road than its replacement. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitedsound Posted 17 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 August , 2011 CNock Thanks for the image and for setting the record straight. Can I ask where the Bluff was? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitedsound Posted 17 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Tom Your map is much appreciated. As the other Tom says, we now have a clear picture. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitedsound Posted 17 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 August , 2011 Pierre Thanks for the link to the Hooge section of your excellent site. By coincidence, I was clicking through the Somme pages last night Keep up the good work. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 17 August , 2011 Share Posted 17 August , 2011 David, The Bluff was at the Ypres-Comines canal near Hollebeke regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Grande Guerre Posted 18 August , 2011 Share Posted 18 August , 2011 Pierre Thanks for the link to the Hooge section of your excellent site. By coincidence, I was clicking through the Somme pages last night Keep up the good work. David Thank you, David, for your message here! I will keep extending my website, as long as I am able to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 18 August , 2011 Share Posted 18 August , 2011 Hallo Pierre, indeed an excellent site! regards, Eddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitedsound Posted 19 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 19 August , 2011 Cnock Thanks for pointing me to the Bluff. I've never been to Hollebeke but it looks interesting from what I've seen in Rose Coombs book. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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