A little Dutch boy leading a goat-drawn cart, probably with his siblings seated in it, in the streets of liberated Eindhoven, 19 September 1944. British troops in a truck are observing the scene with amusement.
Then image: IWM (BU 949)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

English information sign for the other advancing Allied forces attached to the wall by civilians when the Irish Guards arrived in Aalst, 18 September 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
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Population welcomes army units of the Irish Guards, September 1944. I was wrong first see Aalst – Irish Guards (8), but this photo was taken more in the direction of Eindhoven. A visitor (F. van Ham) notified me of the incorrect location.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Soldiers of the Irish Guards posing in front of the same tank as the Irish Guards (5) photo (opposite site) in Aalst on 18 September 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
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Irish guards in the main street of Aalst going towards Eindhoven, 18 September 1944.
Note: The buiding in the center of the photo was still there until 2018 but then a big fire burned down the building. When making this photo early 2024 a new building was still under construction. Now in October 2024 it’s almost finished.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

The people of Aalst welcomes army units of the Irish Guards, 18 November 1944.
Then image: ?
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The population of Aalst welcomes army units of the Irish Guards, 18 November 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Allied tank from the Grenadier Guards on the market square in Waalre on 18 September 1944.
Then image: Erfgoed Waalre
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More people of Aalst posing with a soldier of the Irish Guards at 18 September 1944.
Then image: National Archive / Willem van de Poll
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Along the side of the road during the entry of the Irish Guards in Aalst, 18 September 1944.
Then image: http://www.gahetna.nl
Collection/Fotoarchive: Fotocollectie Van de Poll (free domain)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel