Tag: school
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1900-1916: Sappermeer to Renneborg
Read More: 1900-1916: Sappermeer to RenneborgSchool years As already stated, I first saw daylight in Zuidbroek, Westeind, located along the Winschoterdiep (a navigable canal), only 500 meters from the neighbouring community of Sappermeer. My Dad was born in Borgercompagnie and my mother further north in the town of Slochteren (Harm van der Laan 1868-10916 and Foktje Baas 1867-1945). When they…
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The Winschoter Plot
Read More: The Winschoter PlotONE 1996 The famous and sometimes infamous Zandpad on the other side of the bridge has disappeared. I walk through the new neighbourhood where it must have been when I used to roam around Winschoten. I no longer recognize anything. Yet I find just about the spot where the Sunday school room of the…
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Zoden an diek
Read More: Zoden an diekk lag in berre en docht noa over mien veulbewogen leven.Dat dou ik om aander dag, k heb tied der joa veur.Ik docht aan t hounderhok dat ik in oorlog tegen ons achterschuurtje aanbaauwde. Ik was twaalf joar old in 1944 en kreeg t oardeg veur mekoar. Binnen tenminste nooit hounder ontsnapt.Joa man, ik har…
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Jeudje op Venne
Read More: Jeudje op VenneIn Maimoand denken ollen over de zestig nog wel aains aan de leste wereldoorlog. In Canada zain wie in dei moand oorlogsfilms en documentaries op beeldbuis. Sommige olle soldoaten trekken noar Europa: willlen nog wel ains weer zain woar ze vochten hebben en woar hur kameroaden sneuvelt binnen. Zo docht ik ook eem aan oorlogsjoaren…
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De Deurknobbe
Read More: De Deurknobbe1960 Bill Stobbe haar noa vief joar in Canada n farm kocht. t Was n old spul, want veul centen haar Bill dou nog nait . Moar t laand was best, n dikke 60 bunder haalf- zwoare klaai, goud veur mais en tarwe. t Hoes zag der oarig schier oet, moar de ‘barn’ ston op…
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I am Indigenous
Read More: I am IndigenousThe parallels between indigenous peoples, like those from Canada or northern Holland, are significant.