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Anne Franks friend Miep Gies has died , this is a little bit i found about her . Miep Gies, who has died aged 100, wrote towards the end of her life: “I am not a hero. I stand at the end of the long, long line of good Dutch people who did what I did -- and much more.” She was, however, the material from which the truest, most decent, most steadfast heroes are made. She found, and at great personal risk, preserved the diary of Anne Frank for posterity in 1944 after the girl and her family were caught in hiding by Germans. More than that, she was, earlier, the friend who looked after the Frank family in their now world-famous Amsterdam annexe. She shopped for them, watched out for them, cheered them up and gave the adolescent Anne her first -- and only -- pair of high-heeled shoes. Without Miep, the family’s two years in hiding would have been impossible. After their capture, she tried to buy the people of the annexe back from Gestapo officers, only to be called “schweinehund” and thrown out. When Anne’s father, Otto, returned from the camps as the Franks’ only survivor, he lived as one of her family for some years. In the 1950s, as the diary began to win a reputation, Miep was one of a wide range of people investigated on suspicion that she had betrayed the Franks to the Nazis. Otto stopped the investigation with a sentence: “If you suspect Miep, you suspect me.” She was the last human link with the concealed but intense life in the secret building on the Prinsengracht canal, now known as the Anne Frank House, which attracts 500,000 visitors a year. Like the Franks, who were German Jews, Gies was not Dutch. She was born Hermine Santruschitz, in Vienna, Austria. But, because her body became wasted through undernourishment during the First World War, she was sent with other Austrian workers’ children to be revitalised in the Netherlands. She took to Holland, reached the top of her Dutch language class within months and was happy when her stay was prolonged. By agreement with her natural parents, she was adopted by a middle-class Dutch family, the Nieuwenburgs, while keeping her Austrian citizenship -- it was the Nieuwenburgs who nicknamed her Miep.

Spotted this afternoon . A ferret looking the worse for wear,(think it was near standish )looked like it was in a army cadets yard.

Hi mate , what is the tanks history? ......

The grille outer has now been welded and primered , its looking good .Dads Also sorted out the flag holders for the ends. he s been in garage today and found half of it under 2 inches of water . Plumber mate been and sorted it ,(weather burst a pipe) so now just drying stuff.(munga,willys,trailer no1 ok).

Welcome along mate ............

there was an ad like that on gumtree lancs the other week :cheesy:

That would be great phil , cheers mate . if there are any tatty doors out there i would like to use them as a template if poss ..

needs some pics please of the doors in situ, also the fittings that go in the holes on the side of the body ..(any pics that show how the doors fasten ,install etc) cheers guys:cool2:

good pics....

welcome michael , hope you enjoy the forum ...michael willkommen, wünschen Ihnen viel Spaß im Forum ... ich mit Google übersetzen, die einfach zu bedienen

Same here in Blackpool ,sick of it lying here !more due next day or two i believe...

so was it just parts then?

For all the guys who have my old mobile number , please pm me for my new number , please keep in touch guys , still need bits !! Cheers lads! Mark

this article was in todays local . nice picture (hope it comes out ok , not keen on way we have to insert pics now will be using less ).......

think the dents add history mate , we have a couple of little ones in our Munga . dont want it too perfect.

ye i just been looking for them too

not keen at mo.......

think our 42 had them too ....

Or your medicine not working........:shake:

Same here too!!!

hi mate , welcome (from blackpool).....

my kids finished early yesterday and off rest of week now . bad ice here and no gritters !!!

ITV3 are showing an advert for discover ireland.com. it shows a nice looking Dukw :coffee:

cheers guys , didnt think i would have this much response when i posted the question ..... hungry now lol

had nearly 5 inches of snow today, freezing now and no sign of a gritter when i went out at 6 .30.