Some local history

In 1976 the town of Ninove gobbled up most of the surrounding villages, which are progressively losing whatever particular characteristics they still had, including their local gab. After all these years I still resent this Anschluss bitterly, because I know that bigger is not necessarilly better.
But one positive consequence was the website of Peter Declerq, which holds treasures of local history.
See and enjoy : http://users.pandora.be/peter.de.clercq/