Suikerzakjes (sugar bags)
As a youngster I also collected sugar bags. There was a teaspoon of sugar in each bag. These small bags measured 2x3 inches (5x8 cm), and were printed with a logo or image of the place that served tea or coffee wether it was a restaurant or a lunchroom in a school, club, office or factory.
Some of the bags shown on this site bring back many memories, see text. Collecting these small sugar bags is still popular in The Netherlands.

Trade school I went to (carpentry) After that I attended the UTS (college), studying civil engineering.
The place to go for coffee on a Sunday afternoon. Here we would meet other Christian youth from different denominations.
Our "Dairy Queen". Shirley and I went here often. It was close to her home and right across from the Tigchelaar's.

This is where we went for theater and other performances. Located on the Vijzelstraat, off the Noorderweg.
A place for general meetings (run by the church). Monthly meeting place for "Ruilbeurs" (collector exchange).
Our summer outdoor pool. The lake was an old peat bog and the water tasted like peat moss!

It was not difficult for us boys to get in trouble when we "played" near this factory, the Condensfabriek (CCF) and the Blikfabriek.
Major avenue for the performing arts. When our church was being renovated, service were held in this theater.
This hotel (1892-1969?) and the nearby Hotel Amicitia (1903-1968) were the largest and most prestigious hotels in the city.

De Waag, (scale house). Built around 1590.
Activeties moved to De Beurs, see next bag,
De Beurs. Built in 1880. Trading hall for commmodities, top floor. Main floor became scale house and a library in the 1980s
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School Shirley went to. After that she went to college to persue nursing.
The place to go for coffee on a Sunday afternoon.
The Hoeksma family chartered this boat for a family reunion.
Our favoured place for a coffee. Here plans were made to get engaged.
Heat in our home was provided by Faber stoves (kachels).

Hotel cafe restaurant "Buis"

Hotel "Hollandia" Lange Marktstraat
Our "worldly" local newspaper
Water tower Leeuwarden. 1888-1972
Water tower Akkrum. 1957-
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