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PEIZE – She has now lived on De Groningerweg with her husband Egbert for ten years. Special for Tineke, because this is her parental home. After living at the Horst for thirty-three years, she thought it was time for some rest. ‘The yard at the Horst was large and took up a lot of time in addition to our jobs,’ says Tineke. ‘Our daughter had bought my parents’ house a few years earlier and completely renovated it. When they moved, it was immediately clear to me that we would buy it. It was bitter that on the day the real estate agent called my husband to say that the farmhouse at Horst had been sold, he was also told on the same day that he no longer had a job.’ Egbert clearly still has some difficulty with it. Tineke says she had a wonderful childhood on the Groningerweg. ‘The house was once so small and had three bedrooms and no shower. So every week in the tub! Nowadays we especially need space for our extra junk. In the past you simply didn’t have that. I’m not really into “new” accessories anymore and I enjoy the things I have from my parents and grandparents.’
Tineke and her husband first lived in Ubbena for six years at the beginning of their relationship. ‘The women there were all housewives. If we had stayed there, that would certainly have been my fate too. When we moved to the Horst, it was noticeable that almost all of the women worked there. We had now renovated the farm and I was starting to get bored. On a Friday I reported to the employment agency and they told me that a course for returnees as administrative assistants would start the following Monday. Well, I wanted to try that!’ Tineke starts to laugh, because this spontaneous action resulted in her ultimately working at the KLM Aviation School for thirty-two years, where she found her internship at the time. ‘The best time ever! How I enjoyed it! So much more was possible then than now, you can’t imagine. Our daughter was studying in Kerkrade and called to say she was sick. I then arranged for a plane to go that way to pick her up. And we once traveled to Venice with four people, because the pilots had to complete their flying hours. I just bought a few postcards there and then we flew back again.’ Egbert clearly enjoys it when Tineke talks about this time. ‘The motto at the time was: “Just be crazy, someone else will act normal.” We had such wonderful parties there,’ says Egbert.
Until 2020 they traveled a lot through Europe, but due to corona they limited themselves to the Netherlands. Daughter Lammy decided to walk the Pieterpad in 2021, together with a friend. Tineke and Egbert offered to follow them with a tractor and gypsy wagon. ‘She had not thought at all that the restaurants and hotels were often closed. By traveling behind them in the homemade gypsy wagon, we were able to provide shelter and food. That was quite an adventure! We had bad weather for almost twenty-eight days and then an open tractor is not nice and navigation was also difficult.’ Yet Tineke continues to laugh as she continues her story. ‘We didn’t have a navigation system on the tractor, so we did everything with the telephone. We were able to avoid the highways, but eighty kilometer roads were not always indicated, so at the last minute we only saw a sign saying “tractors prohibited” and then it was quite a journey to have to turn back or find an alternative road.’ The tour had inspired them and they eventually decided to walk it again themselves, together with friends. They want to visit Europe again next year, but there is no real plan for that yet.
Until then, Tineke will certainly not be bored. ‘I have now written three books about my father’s family, my mother’s family and one for my grandchildren in which I tell about myself. Maybe there will be another book, but right now I’m mainly busy with other things. I look after our foster daughter’s child once every two weeks and I am committed to the Senior Citizens’ Interest in Peize. In addition, I have been crocheting with a group of fifteen ladies for a short time now. We are working on several small projects and hope to be able to turn them into one large project for the Rodermarktparade in some time. We are still looking for wool! So if anyone has any cheerful colors left, I’d love to hear about it! It can be handed in at Groningerweg 18a in Peize and people can always call me and I will pick it up: 06-21650048
