Mai 2010

The Round Table organisation Ooststellingwerf  organized, in close cooperation with the Police Force, Fire Department and the Ambulance Service a 112 day. This day also the locking of the project stood Heart for Ooststellingwerf. For further information on this project you can visit the internet site www.hartvoorooststellingwerf.nl. For this day all 112 (and 112 related) help lines were put in the occasion the general public more closely knowledge to let make with their help line, were invited.

The International Dance Festival Burgum organized their 10 th. festival. It was called the World Summer Festival. It was a special market with lots of different food, street activity, dance and music.

The Frisian Police was asked to be present. Together with Recruiting officer Ytje and trainee Saman I spend the whole afternoon in downtown Burgum. 

This year the public day was held in Assen, main city of the provence Drenthe. On the famous circuit of Assen all was ready to receive thousands of visitors. In a giant hall everything was build up to show the people what we do for a living and what kind of equipment we use. There were demonstrations of K9 personal, SWAT and RIOT teams, military police etc.. Main goal of this day was to get people with ethnic backgrounds interested for a job with the police. The FPMT was, of course, also present. With uniforms, patches and a small group in front of the big hall.

On my mothers request I organised a small show in the retirement home they live in. Together with family members and other residents a couple of uniforms passed the select group of visitors. Most of them never worn a uniform before. 

With the help of Pieter Popkes the show went smooth and well. 

Also many thanks to Lenze Tempel of Parkstadveendam.nl who made all the pictures.

This year the complete circus has swerved to Drachten. On the local air strip several attributes were displayed. There was space for exercises of the RIOT team, dog demonstrations and the bike team. The Royal Military Police was present with large material. THE FPMT are of course also present. The group existed this year from 8 females and 1 male, with two VWO students completed who walked along this day on training period. The day started foggy and cold. This did not hold back public of it to come visit again massively the open day. At the end of the day the meter stood above 35,000!! And all, and went, they came along our team!! 

Speelpark Nienoord were this year again it stage of the annual open day of the three cooperating northern regions. At the end of the day it appeared that more than 32,000 people had visited the open day. This became later a national record. So many people on an open day had never been. This year less was spent on material such as balloons and stickers but further information was supplied on the trade and walks of the police force. Public in all components it was expressly involved and this was appreciated particularly. 

On 8 November of this year a topic evening concerning the police force in the present organised the Historical Association Sneek and executed. Striking the large rise, wide was 150 persons, who had spent for the greater part their operative life at the different police forces such as the local County Police, the National Police and the Royal Military Police. By means of a dia serial and tales from the first hand a picture was outlined of living as a police-officer. To me the task dress the room slightly. That was not such a problem. And I had still a nice evening also! 

For the first time the three northern regions clasped the hands and the open day was organised together. This meant for many colleagues to meet new fellow collegues. It became a beautiful day, thanks to the splendid weather. Also the surroundings, in Speelpark Nienoord, had been very arranged for. More than 30,000 people descended on the event and could thereby meet with all the beautiful items the police force has to offer. 

Some years ago learned to know Zorro, which is his nickname. He was then operative in a medical profession but wanted into the police force. That that succeeded eventually did not was not astonishing because he is the right man for the job. Already before he applied he was already busy with collecting items of the Dutch police force. Meanwhile he is an  operative member of the Dutch police force. He also has succeeded in a beautiful collection bringing together caps. A number of photographs of its collection you can retrieve behind this nicely helmet of the former Korps Rijkspolitie.

As well as previous year we took part in the rural open day of the Dutch police force. For the region Fryslan this year had been chosen for Sneek. This meant therefore meeting again old acquaintances. For my own collection, I had made this year the choice to appear with a complete Dutch score. This was a large success because it was very recognizable for the public, which showed up in large numbers. More than 10,000 visitors came to Sneek. It became a long, hot, great day for all the participants.

Fellow colleague and fellow trader Jacek Michalkowski from Poland has arranged a small exposition in his office. Three caps comes however from the stocks of the Frysk Plysje museum. It is always nice to see your own caps in other people's collection. Therefore I was very happy with the photographs that he transmitted to me. 

October 2003

After a year delay this year a rural open day was held. For the Frisian police force this meant that Dokkum was the place to be. The Frysk Plysje museum were present with a promotion team and managed their own score. The promotion team was deployed by the organisation in the entrances of the area and shared from that programmes notebooks. Furthermore were the ladies provide with stickers and balloons, which were distributed to the children. All in all it was a succeeded day. Next year do we it again. 

July 2003.

 Dennis Groenhof of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police paid a visit to the Frysk Plysje museum this summer. Beside its pleasant presence he brought with him also a trunk full of items for the collection which was accepted of course gratefully. Dennis is of origin Frisian and knew the Frisian language still well. I got the official weapon of the R.C.M.P. distributed which will get a special spot in the museum.

Mai 2003:

On 3 May 2003 we brought a visit to our "dependence'' in Slochteren'. Of course we did not come with empty hands because to the President of the I.P.A. Groningen, also museum director, Hilbrand Buurma became an original sword of a field guard gauze for the country - excluded handed over. For Menno accelerate, the conrector of the museum, we had taken a uniform of the environment police force along as well as a waistcoat, which in former times was used by the female police force staff of the Korps Rijkspolitie. Menno has it's own collection which is aimed entirely at the Dutch police force.

Mai 2002:

In April 2002 I was asked help with to a exposition in honour of the national release day in Sexbierum. A beautiful occasion to show my collection to a larger public. During the two-day event the collection was monitored by a pair of WO II war veterans who had a exposition in the same room also.

October 2001:

Again present at the rural open day of police force Fryslan. This time no uniform show had been incorporated in planning but came by mattering of the group. Also the conservator had believe, a public action, in the new uniform of the Dutch police force. It was the second, and last, time that I wore a uniform from my own collection.

October 2000:

This year the open day of the region police force Friesland, was organized around the head office in Leeuwarden. For the first time the team was not used for one or more uniform shows, but was as present in the area as a promotion team. Moreover its own score was arranged with a number of other matter from the collection. An experience which is for recurrence subject.

June 2000:

As a promotion team were we involved at the two-day Oldtimershow in Lelystad. The uniforms which were carried corresponded to the countries of from which the vehicles came. It was a long, warm day with unexpected meetings.

June 1999

After my exposition in the Select Oldtimer museum in Joure, I got the possibility of sharing my collection in the Histo Mobil museum in Giethoorn. With owner Erik Maat we put many items and dummies with uniforms into the museum.
The Histo Mobil can be found museum at the Dwarsgracht 42 in 8355 CH Giethoorn.
see also www.histomobil.nl, calling is also possible: 0521-36.14.98

October 1998

After eleven years of collecting, I got the chance of showing my collection to the general public. My colleague Wim Bouland had recommended me at museum director Jolle Jonkers. And therefore I could expose a complete year in select Oldtimer museum in Joure. It was very hard to hear that the museum some years later had be closed because it none experienced or hardly support of the local government. 

August 1997:

Open day of the region police force Friesland, in front of the Abe Lenstra stadium in Heerenveen. The television station SBS 6 made of this prerecordings and a part of the uniforms was shown on TV. In the stadium the national championships police force dogs  were kept.

December 1994:

And another show this year. The basis entity Drachten opened its new office. Because of bad weather, the uniform show was kept inside. As some ride horseback also it was good to see that their fellow rides were present also.

December 1994:

With the same intention on the regional woman day of police force Friesland, the governing board of the woman emancipation group to the present female colleague was presented. It does not turn out better than expected moreover: as male lady speaker on a woman day a vogue show to present!!

October 1994:

At the request of my sister Willy a uniform show was kept in Huize Moria at peat dam. Let make the show it had been meant the occupants in a different way knowledge with the staff. Many staff members were not recognised by the occupants in their other uniforms.

April 1994:

Again a vogue show, this time on the matter grant in Ureterp. With no less than 20 mannequins we showed for an unexpectedly general public (more than 350 persons) a large number of uniforms.

October 1993:

Three evenings and a complete Saturday were taken part in several compositions in "Grant Drachten presents". As a promotion team of the county police Smallingerland we formed an excellent team. On the eve of the reorganisation appeared that cooperation was very well. 

And again a uniform was added to the collection. Wendy Hoekstra - Prinsen, gave to the museum a uniform of the Niagara Regional Police. The uniform is originating from her brother Jim who is a member of the Niagara Regional Police Force. Wendy is Canadian of birth and is now resident in Lemmer.

September 1992:

Enthusiastically touched by the responses later that year, this time once again a show was kept in Lemmer. The man on the left is the famous Herr Flick, in rings of police force Lemmer well known of the British TV series Allo Allo.

Mai 1992:

Opening of the police station at Lemmer. For the first time with the collection. Together with Tom Coehoorn, vogue entrepreneur Lemmer, and lady speaker Hilda Boesjes we organized the first uniform show ever. Fourteen ladies were found prepared to work as a mannequin for this experiment.