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Gelderland · Culture & daily life

Suzie's Verzamelmuseum en Follybos

At Het Westendorp farm in Aalten, more than 2,000 alarm clocks are set almost to ten minutes to twelve so that they form a smiley face.

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The alarm clocks

The more than 2,000 alarm clocks were selected by colour. Some went on tour with cabaret performer Madelijne Kool, but all have now returned to their place.

’t Olde Striekiezer

In 2014, Mrs Van Lunzen's museum ’t Olde Striekiezer moved from Drenthe to the farm. Its collection of irons was assembled over 42 years. You can see corset irons and chimney irons filled with peat; oxygen was added during ironing, so the laundry was pressed amid smoke. The reservoirs show what fuel was used: wood, peat, spirit blocks, a hot stone, charcoal or kerosene. The French irons are small and ornate, the German ones heavy and large, and the Dutch ones sturdy.

De Gewolkte Pot

Museum De Gewolkte Pot moved from its former location in De Heurne to Het Westendorp farm. Its collection of grey mottled enamelware includes almost 1,000 buckets, as well as sand-soap-soda sets, haybox pans, spittoons and spoon racks. Unusual objects include a coffee kettle, sterilising pans used in medicine and petroleum cans of every size.

Prams and other things from the past

The pram museum contains baby carriages and doll prams from different periods and countries. The oldest, from 1880, still has wooden wheels; the newest dates from around 1980. You can also see examples that were pulled by a dog or goat. Other displays include a barber's corner, a room of sewing machines and telephones, a 1960s kitchen and a collection of bean slicers, meat grinders, coffee mills and nutmeg graters.

Source: Het Westendorp website

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