Old photos - Workum

Below you will find a selection of photos courtesy of the website of Folkert Wesselius. If you are interested in seeing more images of a similar nature, please click on the following link: http://home.hetnet.nl/~folkert.wesselius/. You will find there photos and stories about Workum as a whole and the street Dwarsnoard in particular. Additionally you will find old football statistics and historical photos from the Workum Football Club.

Dwarsnoard:

1900

This postcard depicts theWerenfridus church (left) and the Gertrudis Church (right).

1907

Memorial arch in honour of Workum’s 1000th birthday on the 10th of July 1907 outside de Zwaan (the Swan) cafe at Dwarsnoard 75.

This particular arch was erect for the visit of H.R.H. Frederika  Sophia  Wilhelmina (wife of Willem V 1748-1806) and her three children Frederika Louise, Willem Frederik (later King Willem I) and Willem George to Workum, 17 September 1785. Willem V himself was unfortunately in Breda that day 

1909



The house furthest left in this picture (Dwarsnoard 44) is a seventeenth century schoudergevel (shoulder gable). The bridge that connected the two sides of the street in this picture was extremely narrow, but had the redeeming feature of being a swing bridge. The vegetable and potato dealer Pieter Veldman (who lived at Dwarsnoard 2) would have utilised this swing feature many times as he brought his wares up the canal.

Ships entered Workum along the Dwarsnoard canal. The house on the left of this picture is Dwarsnoard 58.

Workum

1914

Picture looking down the street ‘het Schil’ with the Reformed Church in the background.

1918



This one shows the street ‘it Sud’.





The steam boat in this picture of the Trekvaart canal is "De Stad Workum"(The City Workum), captained by Klaas Groenhof, which provided a daily service between Workum and Sneek.

The two poles on the left side of the picture formed part of the bridge over the IJskeboervaart, a canal connecting the Ferwoude with the Trekvaart. This bridge, which no longer exists, was referred to by the locals at the time as the Wikje Bridge, after the women who operated it.

The long bridge in the background has also disappeared over time.

Old football photos:

rond 1940

Back row (l-r): Tom Genee, Jouke van Wieren, Obe Genee, Benny Tjeerde, Bennie Wesselius, Henk de Boer and Joop Seekles.

The player in front of the coach is Maurits Kuipers.

Front row (l-r): Siep de Boer, Herman Roelofs, Germen Jaarsma, Timen Boersma, Jan Boersma and Kl. Dijkstra.

Champions Eleven 1952:




Standing (l-r): Bennie Wesselius, Obe Genee, Leen Slootjes, Willen de Vries, Sierd Folkertsma, Thom Genee and Teake Wouda.

Crouching (l-r): Klaas Boonstra, Binke van Gosliga, Benny Tjeerde and Tiemen Boersma.

Bron:  http://home.hetnet.nl/~folkert.wesselius/