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Vegelinbossen Forests
Vegelinbossen Forests
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it Mirnserklif near Mirns
it Mirnserklif near Mirns
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Sail-a-Way Sneek
Sail-a-Way Sneek
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De Trije Suskes
De Trije Suskes
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Harichsterbos
Harichsterbos
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Noorderstrand
Noorderstrand
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Karmelkerk Woudsend
Karmelkerk Woudsend
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Rysterbosk
Rysterbosk
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Veerpont Nye Skou (Vegelinsoord)
Veerpont Nye Skou (Vegelinsoord)
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Sloepverhuur Bolsward
Sloepverhuur Bolsward
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Houtzaagmolen De Jager
Houtzaagmolen De Jager
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Sloepverhuur Sloep-rent Marina Stavoren
Sloepverhuur Sloep-rent Marina Stavoren
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Restaurant Brugman
Restaurant Brugman
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SPAR Kraakman
SPAR Kraakman
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Locks and the Sylhús
Locks and the Sylhús
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Klokkenstoel Smallebrugge
Klokkenstoel Smallebrugge
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Workum (Warkum)
Workum (Warkum)
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Strandhotel Vigilante
Strandhotel Vigilante
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Yachtcharter De Drait Woudsend
Yachtcharter De Drait Woudsend
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Drogisterij Hak
Drogisterij Hak
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Lake House Sneekermeer
Lake House Sneekermeer
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The bombing of Terherne lock
The bombing of Terherne lock
On 11 November 1944, pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Welschap airfield near Eindhoven, were ordered to bomb the lock at Terherne in two groups. The reason for the bombardment of Terherne lock was to restrict (German) transport movements. The lock complex was situated on the main shipping route from Germany via Groningen to the Randstad, along which the Germans transported goods and military equipment.
After the railway strike in September had already disrupted rail transport considerably, actions against shipping traffic followed in the months thereafter. The southern part of the country may have been liberated, but fierce battles were still to be fought in the other parts.
Such was the case on that 11th November just after nine o'clock in the morning when the two groups of Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers took off shortly after each other from Eindhoven for their mission. Around 10:00, the lock at Terherne was bombed from the north for the first time and then again around 10:30.
The consequences were huge for the people living on the lock. The wives of both lock keepers, a one-year-old baby and a German soldier were killed. Also, pilot John Gordon Fraser's aircraft was damaged to such extent that he had to make an emergency landing at St. Johannesga. Although the bombing resulted in the northern passageway being deactivated and no longer usable, the southern passageway remained open and could still be used.
Today, a boathouse for the State yacht of the province of Friesland has been built over the southern passage. A new building, that serves as a guest house for the province, was put up on the site of the lock keeper's house on the south side.
A monument has been erected on the northern pier in memory of those who perished at the lock. This monument was unveiled on 10 November 1985 by Hattum Hoekstra, son of 1st lock keeper Wiemer and Tietje Hoekstra. Since then, the commemoration of the dead in Terherne has always taken place at the old lock, and the children of primary school 'It Kampke' have adopted the monument.
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Privateer 37 Charente
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Privateer 37 Charente
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Gedicht: Kwaststrepen op linnendook | Anske Smit
Gedicht: Kwaststrepen op linnendook | Anske Smit
KWASTSTREPEN OP LINNENDOOK
Skreppe, klauwe, treeride
Streekride, út it eend sotte.
De klankkleur fan
In earste slach fan in lik bôrn
Efter in stultjen of slide.
Om de echte streek
Te pakjen te kriien.
Jûnge stylisten
Beworkje it iis
As kwaststreepen
Op in linnendook.
Priis of preemje
Blieuwt tûzjoers de fraich.
Warbere wintermannen
Mei weargles en
Skoewboarden yn tou.
Baske glodde baentjes
Op it Yselmor,
Yn de haivenkom,
De Sylroede of de Yndyk.
Pûiermôlken
So no en den.
Ride, beljeie op
Befôrzen iikonisje
Raffeliche ynhammen.
Stikjes iis útseeke
Tróch maanse earstelingen.
Yn in feaniche
Earste en twadde plasse
Fan de Stoenckerne,
Wur yn it förjier bremstiche,
Leepen, skreesen en teitjes
Tredje yn it blaue gers.
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