Featured What was this wooden studded stool used for and where was it made?

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by Jennifer Plesman Jackson, May 7, 2019.

  1. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    You are!:D
     
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Something to spruce up your Dutch.:) The singer is from Suriname, so it should sound familiar to you. He is actually a Marron, was part of the Jungle Commando, fled to the Netherlands, and played an important part in the peace talks in Suriname. Now he is a singer here.
    The song is called 'Parijs' (Paris), but the subtitle is 'Praat Nederlands met me', speak Dutch to me.:D


    This is it with the lyrics:
     
  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Get a room , you two !! :hilarious:

    but seriously......... this is our site at it's best....connecting the present to one's past.. !!
    Gotta luv it !!!!
     
  4. Firemandk

    Firemandk Well-Known Member

    #Jennifer Plesman Jackson , neat story , I always learn something here ! Now, you have to tell us about your picture and the wo young men working on the radial Airplane engine !!!
     
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  5. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    What a pretty song and a romantic video. Swoon.
     
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  6. Jennifer Plesman Jackson

    Jennifer Plesman Jackson Kees’ daughter

    After a few years, I am finally getting back to reading all these posts I made and I realized I didn’t answer you! This pic was taken in Curaçao in the late 30’s at Hato airport. That is my dad on the left. He was a mechanic for KLM from 1934 when he flew to Curaçao from Den Haag to work on the SNIP Fokker aircraft that landed there Dec 1934. Dad was stationed in Curaçao until the war broke out in 1940, Holland was overrun by Hitler in May, and he was drafted (or volunteered) into the Netherlands Royal Air Force and was shipped to the US to maintain aircraft that the Dutch were going to be flying... I know this is far more than you bargained for but it really is fun for me to relate it... I adore this pic of my dad!
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    so nice of you to grace our site........again.
     
  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    And it is fun for us to read, and it is a great pic.:)
    Jennifer, there is a recent Dutch television series about your relative Albert Plesman and Anthony Fokker, both pioneers of civil aviation. (another chance to hear some Dutch ;))
    I don't know if this link works where you are, the thumbnails are for the different installments:

    https://www.npostart.nl/vliegende-hollanders/AT_2092376
     
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