This site in 2006:
Additions, modifications, news

 
December 2006 + Roadsigns: New country Azerbaijan. Children's crossing, Men at Work and Falling Rocks. Also two new Men at Work from Armenia (by M. Tailly & A. Anselin).
+ Watermills in Aragón: Added the mill of Buetas: a grainmill with a peculiar window inside the cárcavo. Reworked the pages about Lacort and Lecina with more pictures. We have now about 4000 slides boxed but only about 750 are shown. De molen van Buetas met een vreemd venster in de cárcavo. De pagina's over Lacort en Lecina herwerkt met meer foto's.
November 2006 + Roadsigns: From the Faeroe Islands (by J. Koelstra): several new Falling Rocks, the first Men at Work and a new Children's crossing sign (horror!). Also a complete overview of the Children's crossing signs of Cuba (Bartolomeo).
October 2006 + Roadsigns: Two very nice men at work signs from China (by N. Heerinck). The first Falling Rock sign from Saint Helena.
+ Animals in advertisements: Added a new chapter about Cetaceans: Whales and Dolphins. We have now over three hundred advertisements analysed on line.
Dieren in de reclame met een hoofdstuk over walvisachtigen: Walvissen en Dolfijnen.
September 2006 + Roadsigns: Several new items by some of our most faithful contributors. The first find of a Danish worker in Norway (B. Hoeyberghs). From New Caledonia (new country!): Children's crossing, Men at Work and Falling Rocks (by George Taran). More new countries by Christian Veillon: Men at work from Moldova and Children's crossing from Ukraine.
August 2006 + Roadsigns: Two new men at work signs from Cuba. Also a new children's crossing from Argentina. You won't like it if you're a real collector. Two new falling rocks from La Gomera one of the Canary Islands. Nice stuff from Morocco (by M. Tailly) where a road worker was found enjoying a drink.
  + Watermills in Aragón: updated the page about the mill of Puyarruego. Pagina over de watermolen van Puyarruego vernieuwd.
July 2006 + Animals in advertisements: Pigs are now placed in a chapter on their own also featuring Warthogs. Several new adverts with Penguins: now also with Chinstrap. We learn that Polar bears are very fussy about the fish they eat. Also a couple of Gold fish, one colourful fish, four Elephants and a Donkey. Only adverts which show a new approach or are remarkedly similar to earlier ones are placed. Also a new sidebar about how to sell copiers.
+ Roadsigns: Three new rock signs from China by Nico Heerink.
June 2006 + Roadsigns: Two new finds from Canada: a Man at work and a Falling Rock sign (both by R. Mason, new contributor). Children's crossing from Croatia and also from Bosnia & Herzegovina (new country!) both by C. Veillon.
From Cuba: a nice series of Falling rocks. We went back to South Georgia and were deeply shocked. A very special rocksign was removed.
  + Painted advertisements: In transportation Tires Hutchinson (new brand) and in liquors Brouette petit-fils cremant de Bordeaux (new brand), both by A. Guët
May 2006 + Roadsigns: From Uruguay (new country) Children's crossing by Lucas Facello (new contributor). From the Netherlands the first nice Man at work since 12 years (discovered by J. Koelstra). From Libya (new country) a very sweet Man at work (by H. De Meyer). New men at work (by Bartolomeo) from Argentina open the way to a breakthrough in roadsign interpretation. Also the first men at work from Sri Lanka by Felix Spring (new contributor).
  + Mills in Aragón: the mill of Lamiana: most interesting waterworks but a bit difficult to find. We were kindly shown the way by Pocoloco Adventures. De molen van Lamiana.
Anyone wanting to sponsor a study of watermills in the Pyrenees or the Himalayas?
April 2006 + No update this month, sorry. Bartolomeo was several weeks at sea, has to look for a new income and couldn't therefore devote enough of his time to his site. Normal update in May. Promised.
March 2006 + Mills in Aragón: the mill of Serrate: muy ruinoso. De molen van Serrate.
  + Roadsigns: From Laos (new country) Children's crossing (by Jacky Vanderbiesen). New children from Morocco as well (by Marc Chartier). From France a new kitchenmade Man at work (by Ph. De Priester). From the Faeroe Islands (new country, we follow the Travelers' Century Club's official list) Children's crossing and Falling Rocks (by Jan Koelstra).
  + Painted advertisements: In the fuel section, the first painted advert for Esso (by A. Hollard, new contributor). The section about banking features a new Crédit Lyonnais (by Ph. De Priester). In home appliances Laden, Clarville and also Martini by Ph. Rigault.
February 2006 + Animals in advertisements: The second and third part of the chapter about horses: Horses s.s. and Donkeys. The first section was about Zebras (also updated).
Het tweede en derde deel van het hoofdstuk over paarden: paarden s.s. en ezels. Het eerste deel ging over zebra's (ook uitgebreid).
  + Roadsigns: From Italy, a new Children's crossing (by M. Tailly). From Morocco also a new Children's crossing (by H. De Meyer). From Portugal a new falling rock sign (by B. Hoeyberghs).
January 2006 + Bartolomeo starts his eleventh year on-line.
+ Roadsigns: New Children's crossing from India. Also new Falling rocks and the first Men at work from the same country. Also a new Children's crossing from The Netherlands. It's not a nice find. Keep your pills ready.
December 2005 + Roadsigns: Children's crossing from Singapore (new country!) by Darryl Young. Also a new falling rock sign from Turkey (Stijn Vanacker). Carol Pedersen spotted a new man at work in Oman. Still no good explanation for the weird design though. Also by C. Pedersen a Men at Work sign from the United Arab Emirates (new country). From the Philippines a very nice Man with drill (by S. Snoeck). We have now a translation of the characters on the Children's crossing signs from China (provided by Roger Mason). From Austria a horrible new Children's crossing and a not much better find from Luxembourg (both by Bert Hoeyberghs).

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