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Here's the entire summary!
Themes of the carts is headlines of newspapers:
1: military chapel of St Oedenrode about the accidental shooting of a musician who was fishing and got caught in WW1 shootings. The Netherlands was
neutral, but St Oedenrode's not far from the border.
2: The gang of Oss. Criminalty in Oss was rampant from 1888 (when a military man was murdered) to 1934, with 29 murders, numerous robberies and
burglaries and arson in the not very large town.
3: Rebuilding of the Station of Eindhoven. Before, there were no tunnels, and whenever a train came by it caused major traffic jams. In the 50s the
tunnels were dug.The tower with the clock is a notable element of the new station, colloquially known as "the radio".
(Interview with major of Heeze)
4: Norwegian influences on Tilburg student life, featuring the entry ritual, the song Io Vivat some vikings.
5: EIndhoven 1935: legendary Dutch player Max Euwe plays world tournament match against Aljechin.
6: Aalst in Belgian Brabant: a Punch & Judy show got cancelled.
(interview with retiring chairman of Brabantsedag)
7: Winners Vriendenkring Van Gaal about emigration to Canada in the 1920s.
(interview with cultural mascotte and singer/songwriter Gerard van Maasakkers)
8: Philips (Eindhoven company) sport company foundation. Still one of the major employers of this province.
9: Introduction of traffic lights. L indicates a learning driver.
10: Arrest of jews in hiding in WW2
11: New church in Woensel (part of Eindhoven). Rise and fall of the Catholic church: this particular one had construction started in 1913, but
wouldn't be a church for 50 years. It was converted into a children's playground, where I was a lot as a kid.
12: Centralization of dairy industry.
13: Rebuilding the heavily bombarded city of Eindhoven. In WW2, the city was bombed 3 times, twice by the Brits (one a very major one with over 170
casualties on St Nicholas, our Christmas) and once by the Germans in an attempt to stop the allied forces in their tracks on 19 September 1944.
14: Clock of Amer-powerplant. The real-life plant has a gigantic clock, 10 meters high. Love the little shot of the church clock. It's a clock by
famous company Eijsbouts in Asten.
(interview with audience, weather, come here often? Funny moment when she mentions she's from Eersel, which has a bond with 7 other villages
called Acht (8) Zaligheden, but the host mentions 7 Zaligheden. )
(interview with kids, both liked the Philips sport cart best)
15: Flower parade of Zundert, biggest dahlia parade in the world. Voice by the actual host of the Bloemencorso.
(interview with the host. "You're a week too early!" "Oh it's a week too early! I was wondering why there were so few flowers
on the carts!")
16: Creation of labour in 1936 during the low points. Population dug the sewer system in Eindhoven.
17: Last cart: Man and Machine. Based on an article from another province where they mention they're working so hard in Brabant. The men at the
arms of the cart have to hang on that machine for three hours. |
, poor Bonny.
