Grandfather Jacobus Bosmans |
The Hague Ammunitie Haven |
Anna Meysen wife of Jacobus Bosmans and a tale |
Hendrik (Henri) Bosmans with cello |
Henri Bosmans at the Concertgebouw |
Jacobus Bosmans composition in his handwriting |
My father Antoon Bosmans at 12 years |
Sara and daughter Henriette in Amsterdam |
Programme Concertgebouw Concert 28-1-1928 |
Book gift for Antoon Bosmans from his sister Jo who made the cover. |
102 years ago |
Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz translated in Dutch |
To Antoon Bosmans from his sister Johanna The Hague 30 August 1910 |
Antoon Bosmans on his 21st birthday |
Cousin Anna (Annie) Bosmans 3 years old |
Jacques Bosmans eldest brother of Antoon cutting hair in army camp 1913 |
Tobacconist shop and Gents's hairdressing salon |
Grandma Anna Bosmans - Meysen, a strong minded lady |
Antoon Bosmans has a headstart in the fashion stakes |
In step and you don't want to be seen without a hat |
The pastor of the flourishing vineyard by Felix Timmermans |
A book gift to Marie Leferink in memory of Sunday 28 April 1929, signed Tonny |
Brushwood and roses by Herman de Man a present for Antoon |
To my fiancée, summer 1929, Marie. (still has the price fl.3,25 showing) |
St. Jacobus Church in Enschede |
Antoon Bosmans and Marie Leferink on their wedding day |
St.Eusebius Church Nieuwe Plein Arnhem |
Bernard two months old |
Birthday celebration |
A gentle Tera and a inquisitive one year old Bernard |
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Anna Bosmans Meijsen and daughter Geertruida |
Arnhem old pontoon bridge |
More than pipe tobacco went up in smoke..... |
Are you ready...smile |
Family shot of Antoon , Marie. and their offspring |
Henriette Bosmans music |
Henriette Bosmans and Francis Koene |
Antoon Bosmans ready to face the winter |
Old pontoon bridge at Arnhem |
Souvenir mirror |
Dirk van Leeuwen and Geertruida (Truus) Bosmans |
In step with Mum and Auntie |
First day of a new year |
Afternoon walk near Mariendaal and all is well in our neck of the woods |
A stroll in the woods has come to an end |
Mum's prize winning photo. |
Antoon enjoying a beer at the 'Oude Tol' |
Mum called her son Kees a little Mussolini |
Hold on the photographer is a bit slow with the shutter |
A new home and it's all smiles at Utrechtse road 152b |
Sonsbeek park and for us 'bootjevaren' |
Rika Bosmans Jakma and her daughter Annie |
Card from an artistic uncle |
Bernard at school desk St. Eusebius Primary School |
Leesplankje |
Hermsen our warm baker across the road |
The little Lombokkers at kindergarten in 1936 |
My time at kinder, Kees and Jacqueline...and what about me says Teddy Bear |
Ajebo cigars, our own brand |
Our brick paved street with its shady linden trees |
Herman van der Wal our uncle, and his 'bolknak' cigar |
Look at the camera, says Mum |
St. Jansschool Arnhem where my sister went in the late thirties |
A greying Antoon and a solid Marie a happy combination. |
Red tulips for Herman van der Wal and Johanna (Jo) Bosmans |
Kurt Melde and daughter Martha in 1935 |
Jacques Bosmans with his grandchidren Henny and Martha |
A celebration of sorts |
We didn't mind shopping at the grocer on the corner. |
St Elisabeth Gasthuis Arnhem |
Picture drawn by Frans Leferink as memory of my 1st Communion |
Jacqueline in her immaculate white communion dress |
Cigars had to give way to our local football heros |
The last kick of a devoted father and husband |
Antoon Bosmans 1892-1938 |
St Elisabeth Gasthuis Arnhem |
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The youngest Tony 20 months old and his empty plate |
Kees and Frans in a race for glory |
The fatherless Bosmans family returning from a walk |
Was it that cold, that one of my legs just snapped off? |
Some of the folks who came through this door |
Wall telephone in our passage and our number was 23615 |
Young Tony in an easy chair |
The road to school, on foot ofcourse |
Our kitchen stove |
We called this a 'Keulse pot' |
Didn't get a chance to cross the river being a non-swimmer |
One of the many strip books we read in our youth |
Dad already had been busy shovelling snow to create a way out the door |
The sandpit of our kindergarten, where we all amused ourselves |
Wedding Jan Aalbers and Marie Bosmans-Leferink |
Fast flowing waters, just as time goes swiftly by |
A stroll along the Rhine with our new Dad at Onderlangs |
Family on bench in front Aalbers farmhouse |
Seven bridges to cross and the road ahead looks bleak |
Thumping hearts and a lot of broken glass, we have been invaded |
Out of tune |
A cute little sister |
Tracking the footsteps of our dad |
Aalbers farm in snow, now heritage listed |
Snow in abundance and Tony doesn't care about cold hands |
Waiting for the train to arrive |
Arnhem station |
A bridge all steamed up and borders to be defended |
Games we played |
Lombok neighbourhood kids |
Cornelis Johannes Elias Bosmans 1880 - 1941 |
Ups and downs inside St Eusebius Church |
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea (ca.260-ca.340). |
Making eyes on a Voigtlander lens |
An innocent Bernard goes to prison |
Star of David |
Find the missing swine |
St. Eusebius Primary 6th grade |
Hang on, I'll explain this hangout |
Bathing house at Nassau Square |
A story for the 'chicken-hearted' |
Every dog had its day |
Cousin Karel arrested and taken away |
View from our bedroom |
A time of peace and good will….. |
Gloria in Excelsis Deo |
Henriette Bosmans distress |
Hendrik and Johanna Aalbers 40th wedding anniversary |
First Airborne Division lands near Arnhem |
Battle of Arnhem September 1944 |
A bridge too far |
A hell hole of a place |
We're refugees now |
We are fleeing |
Our new residence for eight months |
Stoking a fire and filling a belly |
Activity in the air and anxiety below |
V-1 rocket in flight and the end of war in sight |
Jacques Bosmans at his desk receiving the bad news |
Letter from Queen Wilhelmina to Jacques Bosmans |
Karel Bosmans 1915-1944.jpg |
Heaps of rubble to be cleared, truckload after truckload |
The cover of our own magazine , the Pax Hill Post |
Leaders St. Paulus scouts group and patrol leaders |
Scouting summer camp |
Scissor and knife grinder |
On the steps at the main entrance |
Nederlandse Heidemaatschappij head office in Arnhem |
Evening silhouettes on the river Yssel |
Sisters sharing some finger licking good cooking secrets outside the kitchen door |
Ambachtsschool on Boulevard Heuvelink |
Roof gutter drawing by Tony while at Technical school |
While the family is talking, I'll show you around. |
Jacques' tricks got our stepfather and Frans baffled |
Jacques having the last laugh |
Frans at his first job at Hofstede nursery |
LSK Airforce Snijders barracks in Nymegen |
On my belly and ready to fire |
Stengun practise at Heumensoord |
March past at airbase Volkel |
Henriette Bosmans meets Queen Juliana |
More than a finger in the dyke and Keith seen on this photo second from the bottom |
Last day at the office with my colleagues |
No one is freezing the pile yet? Dad and Keith versus Jo and Tony |
Jacqueline and Frank at Baulings dance school |
Johanna Bosmans with Martha and Henny Melde shopping in Amsterdam |
Jacques Bosmans is 75 |
Foursome and my last day on home soil |
Jacques Bosmans |
A walk on the river Rhine in Arnhem |
Our neighbourhoods Lombok and Heijenoord from the air |
Lombok and Heijenoord neighbourhoods from the air |
ms Johan van Oldenbarnevelt with 1414 passengers on the way to 'down-under' |
My proud possession the Agfa clack camera |
Crossing the road in Amsterdam on the way to the docks |
Farewell behind the gates at Javakade |
JVO cabin 49 label |
JVO inside hut 49 |
On the staircase on board JVO |
On board theJohan van Oldenbarnevelt in the Indian Ocean |
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt arrives in Port Melbourne May 1956 |
JVO moored at Station Pier Port Melbourne |
Hallo there, welcome to Melbourne. |
John sees his sister |