MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

Happy birthday to André :-)

I think your photo fits well here, too.

By the way, it is World Postcard Day today, too.

A manhole cover in Alkmaar, a city in the west of the Netherlands , 

with the name Doetinchem, a city in the east of the Netherlands:

There were too many bikes lying on the floor due to a strong wind, too many to put them up all.. anyhow, bicycle wheels appear to be nice, semi-transparent manhole-cover-covers.

ANOTHER ONE FROM MAASTRICHT 5the Netherlands)

MANHOLE COVER AND/OR SOME SORT OF E-BIKE CHARGING POST? (rom Maastricht, the Netherlands)

Val, this is a water tap point.

Example from Poznań (Posen)......

Example from Rzeszów, town in south-east part of Poland....

Examples from Piła (Schneidemühl), a town halfway between Poznań (Posen) and the Baltic coast. Until 1945, it was German Reich territory.

Finally found a manhole cover in Amsterdam

which says it is from/in Amsterdam:

1 cover, 2 covers

Thanks Heleen.

Do you have any idea why (and when?) Dutch towns and companies put their names on Manhole Covers?

When i was in Maastricht (and two neighboring villages) last month, I found various Covers that included Terborg, Weert, Dordrecht -- but none from Maastricht.

I keep meaning to look at the design, manufacture and placement of Manhole Covers, but haven't got roud to it....yet.

Example form Poznań (Posen).....

WAVY GRAVY MANHOLE COVER FROM SIGEAN, FRANCE

Great finding! And matching with mail: it looks as if it is a (part of a) postMark!

OSLO, NORWAY, MANHOLE COVER WITH CITY'S COAT OF ARMS, from NICKOLAS ASK

TWO MANHOLE COVERS IN SIGEAN ABOUT TO BE REPAIRED

'PTT' stands for the French system of  'Post, Telephones and Telecommunications'. I don't know what 'SUR' stands for. But when work is carried out I may get to know.

More photos of these Covers to follow later

Mais, bien sûr!

FROM JIMMY ISAKSSON IN SWEDEN

OPEN MANHOLE COVERS IN CHENNAI, INDIA, FROM VIDJA

LONDON, ENGLAND, MANHOLE COVER FROM THOMAS SERRE

MANHOLE COVER WORK IN SIGEAN, FRANCE

This was the situation a few days ago: two Manhole Covers about to be repaired (or something)

The work has started today, and now there is only one Manhole Cover

This is where the other Manhole Cover used to be, but now it has gone. Where to??

I found it! Dumped at the side of the road. Will it be put back, I

wonder?

It looks rather sad and lonely. Would any of you Manhole Cover Lovers like to adopt it and give it a good home?

(Post and Package extra: it's very heavy)

FROM JACKIE SERRE, BORDEAUX, FRANCE

FROM VIDJA JAYAPRAKASH, CHENNAI, INDIA

Dear Raphael, Where are you and are you OK? You haven't sent us any Manhle Cover photos for 6 or so weeks, and I'm wondering how you are? Regards, Val

ANOTHER SELECTION OF SWEDISH MANHOLE COVERS FROM JIMMY ISAKSSON

A PARISIAN MANHOLE COVER FROM PARISIENNE ANNE

TWO SWEDISH ONES FROM JOHNNY AND MARGARITA SKO0G

SOMEONE MADE A MISTAKE IN PUTTING THIS MANHOLE COVER BACK ON THE MANHOLE THE WRONG WAY ROUND!

Photographed by my son, David Herman, in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Just tiles and stones, Val, no manhole cover. And the tiles are made for the blind :-)

But there must be something (a hole?) hidden under this covering object?!?

Great photo anyway :-)

I understand Val Herman was in Loughborough in 1984. So was this corporation waterworks cover, outside the old college building … maybe he stepped on it.

Thanks Alan,

Some people get blue plaques on walls, others get manhole covers.  I can't honsestly say I remember stepping on this one, alas.

ANOTHER ONE FROM SIGEAN, FRANCE (the Manhole Cover center of IUOMA)

Manhole cover in the city of Groningen, capital of the province of Groningen, showing the Martini Tower:

That's a nice one, Heleen.

THREE FROM BRUSSELS SENT BY ALF-OLE ASK

TWO FROM PETIT-SACONNEX, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND FROM JOANNE BOWCOCK

(I worked in Petit-Saconnex in the mid 1970's and maight have walked over or seen them!)

DEAR MANHOLE COVER LOVERS, TO KEEP YOU BUSY FOR A MINUTE OR TWO THIS SUNDAY, GUESS WHAT THIS IS?

(And 'No'  it is not any sort of animal)

Answer at end

ANSWER: It's a photo taken by a NASA satellite, space-ship, etc of something on Mars. Maybe it's a rather beaten-up Manhole Cover, and if so NASA should tell us more about it. There might also be a thriving Mail Art comunity on Mars about which more will be revealed to us in the future.

We've all seen the 'Face on Mars' — this is his teddy bear

A THREE-IN-ONE PHOTO SET OF MANHOLE COVERS FROM ALF-OLE ASK IN BRUSSELS

mail artist IUOMA member on Mars along with that "manhole cover bear" :-)

DIFFERENT SHAPE ENGLISH ONE IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND FROM HANNAH

DEAR MANHOLE COVER LOVERS,

Please post some more photos of Manhole Covers.

You must see lots each day. Photo ssome of them. Post the photos here.

This Group is kept going by just a few of its Members, and needs some more input to keep it alive and well.

If there's none, we may as well stop...which would be ssad.

Thankyou.

Val

for our dear VALENTINE :-)

THREE FROM MIM WHO IS ON HOLIDAY IN MEXICO -- thanks Mim!

FROM MIM -- LAS BRISAS, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

Thanks Mim!

Somewhere in Warsaw.....

Welcome back; Raphael. We missed you, and I was worried...

Somewhere in Warsaw ..... Thanks for remembering about me.

MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS, SINGLE  & TRIPLET