The Martinshof Story - Contents Page


  1 | Before it all began : 1930s
  2 | Macking & Van Eldink : 1936-1945
  3 | Exhibitions at the Beukerstraat in Zutphen

  4 | The War years at the Beukerstraat
  5 | The Coehoornsingel
  6 | Purchasing the land and building Martinshof

  7 | The naming of Martinshof
  8 | Arriving at Martinshof, Eefde in 1942
  9 | Martinshof : 1942 - 1945

10 | Martinshof : 1945 - 1948
11 | Atelier Martinshof : Maud Smit and Eweg
12 | Atelier Martinshof : First exposition in Hotel de Leeuwenbrug

13 | Atelier Martinshof : The Early years
14 | Atelier Martinshof : Piet Slegers and Guus Jansen
15 | Atelier Martinshof : Family support

16 | Atelier Martinshof : Tom Jerne
17 | Atelier Martinshof : Archibald Dumbar and Chris Steenbergen
18 | Atelier Martinshof : Magazine 'Eloy'

19 | Atelier Martinshof : Edda Marie Dierkes and Sigurd Persson
20 | Atelier Martinshof : Summer Exposition of 1952
21 | Atelier Martinshof : Piet Slegers at our Summer Exposition

22 | Atelier Martinshof : The Rotterdam Ship builders connection
23 | Atelier Martinshof : Visitors from Vreden, Germany
24 | Atelier Martinshof : The children (Michael)

25 | Atelier Martinshof : The children (Wivica & Claus)
26 | Martinshof NV : The Niessing Stock Depot
27 | Martinshof NV : The magic of the Niessing Gold
28 | Martinshof NV : The early years (1950s)
29 | Jan, the innovative Gadgets Man
30 | A man with honour, compassion and style

31 | The end of Atelier Martinshof
32 | The All Risk & Garantie Certificates
33 | Merry Christmas with a glass of Martinskeller

34 | The Holiday Collection : another brilliant idea!
35 | Slowing down at last
36 | How the hell can I do this?

37 | Heading towards a brick wall
38 | The roller coaster ride of the Gold price
39 | A struggle to survive cut throat competition

40 | Cutting costs without the loss of staff
41 | Using one of the first seven "Mini Computers" in Holland
42 | Stock control at Martinshof

43 | Two new brochures on a shoe string budget
44 | Liquidation?   I don't think so!
45 | A voice over the telephone

46 | Mr. Jansen Snr (founder of JPC) enters the scene
47 | JPC's attraction to Martinshof
48 | The take-over negotiations

49 | The Valkenburg debacle
50 | Ja Herr Furstner, da haben sie doch recht!
51 | Merry Christmas

52 | The Furstners depart
53 | Martinshof : August 2010
54 | A lonely house left behind



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