Saturday, April 30, 2005


Sinter Klaas and Zwarte Piet.


Back of the house where Dad grew up in Groningen, 1978.

Friday, April 29, 2005


Ron and Rob on the Bluff Knoll carpark, 1969.


With some Spaandermans, 1969. (sorry, a poor pic)

Thursday, April 28, 2005


Janet in the sandpit, 1968.


On a bridge in the southwest, 1971.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005


Marleen Brouwer and Janet on the side of Albany Highway, coming back from a visit the orthopaedic specialist, 1971.


Oma and Mum sjoelen, 1978.

Monday, April 25, 2005


Mum and Martin, 1971.


Jaap Sikkens, Oom Jan Sikkens, Oom Jan Medema, Tante Hilly, Tante Annie, Oma (obscured) and Mum in a coffee shop in Holland, 1978.


Doctor Rob, patient Ron and nurse Ed. 1971.

Sunday, April 24, 2005


Dinner at Tante Corrie, 1971.


Dad in the snow in front of Florisplein 14b, Groningen, 1978.

Saturday, April 23, 2005


Janet and Ed, 1971.


Mum and Dad's 12 and half year wedding anniversary, 1971. The guest was Stephanie (?) Fokkema.


Ed's birthday, 1971. Murray Plug, Jack Spanderman, Ed, Roy Dekker, Bill Wielenga and Colin Dekker.

Thursday, April 21, 2005


To mark Martin's birthday today; on Dad's lap, 1971.


Dad, Oom Jan, Tante Arieda, Ann, Mum and Jeanette. Probably late 1959.


In Groningen, 1978. I think Dad used to work here.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005


Dinner time, 1968.


Family posing in front of the car. Not sure why it is parked at an angle. 1969.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005


Blackie, 1968.


Rob at Emu Point. Before the jetty was put in, and (much later) when cars were banned from the driving on the beach. 1969.


Lunch on the Red Gum Pass in the Stirling Ranges, 1971.

Monday, April 18, 2005


Guessing: an elderly sister of either Dad's mother or father, in Sneek. But it does not look like a winter picture; it was with lots other in a square format, all taken on nice days. And others that were bought from a shop.


Janet, 1968. Many a dinky toy were driven on the 'roads' of that colourful lino.


Updated, but probably 1958 or 1959. Probably at the house on Middleton Road.

Sunday, April 17, 2005


Ed, Ron, Rob and Janet on the ladder in the hall of the new extension to the house. Outside door to the right, bathroom straight ahead, and the doors to the bedrooms (only one visible) to the left. 1968.


Janet, Rick and Ron on the bus, 1971.

Saturday, April 16, 2005


Family with a crowd of three Dekker families, 1971.


Janet and Ron in the water at Emu Point, 1969.

Friday, April 15, 2005


Henk and Gerda Olde visiting for dinner, 1969.

Thursday, April 14, 2005


Ron, Janet, doll, Ed and Rick asleep in the tent in Margaret River, 1971.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005


Rob, Ron, Ed and Janet on their bikes. Squinting into the sun. 1969.

Sunday, April 10, 2005


Dad and the VW Beetle, behind his work at Malvern Star York st, Albany, 1969.


Janet in the cot, 1968.


Groninger narrow street. Vissersstraat (at the end of the Verlengde Vissersstraat - Lengthened Fishermen Street) with the "Hoge der A" off to the right, 1978.

Saturday, April 09, 2005


Mum on Hong Kong's lookout, 1978.


The 2CV that Mum and Dad used in Holland, 1978.

Friday, April 08, 2005


Groningen streetscape, with the Martini Toren in the background. 1978.


At Margaret River, 1971. Ed, Janet and Rick, with Mum under the beach umbrella.

Thursday, April 07, 2005


Streetscape in Groningen, 1978.


Tante Corrie leaving for Holland in 1967. At Perth Airport. From left to right at front: Karen with her dad Wessel Fokkema and his son Philip, Margriet Dykstra, her brother John on his father's lap, Richard Wieske with mother Riet. Back: Christine (?) Fokkema with mother Tini, Riet Dekker with son Jeff, Tante Corrie, Mrs Dini Plug, Mrs Annette Dykstra, Dad, Rob (sneaking from behind) and Ron (?)

Wednesday, April 06, 2005


Streetscape, Groningen, 1978.


Rob feeding Rick, 1968.


Kasteel Twickel, Delden. 1978.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005


Ed and Ron in the sandpit at Broughton Street, Albany, 1970.


Canal in Groningen. The roads are called Lage der A (left) and Hoge der A (right), 1978.
Dad may have worked in a shop here selling white goods. The camping shop, Waterborg, is still there, selling camping supplies, sailing goods, and windsurfing gear.

Monday, April 04, 2005


Janet in the pram, 1968.


Ed in the 'ledikant', 1968.

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