Landstraat 19-21, Aalten

Overview

This double residential and commercial building once housed De Graafschap bookshop (left, no. 19) and Dick Fries tobacconist (right, no. 21). Pearle Opticians now occupies number 21, while number 19 is vacant.

Sigarenmagazijn Dick Fries

De sigarenwinkel van Dick Fries (1924-2002) en zijn vrouw Leis (1931-2004) aan de Landstraat was een begrip in Aalten. De winkel lag centraal en het echtpaar was nauw betrokken bij het wel en wee van het dorp. Velen kwamen er om rookwaren te kopen, maar ook voor een praatje. Jarenlang organiseerden Dirk en Leis Fries rookwedstrijden, waarbij het er om ging wie de langste askegel rookte. Prins Bernhard ontving jaarlijks op zijn verjaardag een doos goede sigaren. Daarom kreeg de winkel het predikaat ‘hofleverancier van Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Bernhard’.

As in many shopkeeping families, the business determined the rhythm of the day and week. The shop opened six days a week and on late-shopping evenings. Customers could also call on Fries outside official opening hours. The accounts were done in the evening.

During the tobacconist’s 65 years in business, hardly anything changed in its fittings or stock. Dick Fries was blind, and keeping everything in the same place helped him find his way around. His visual impairment did not prevent him from opening a grocery shop and a restaurant near the German border in the 1960s. Relatives worked in these businesses, which were sold again after several years. Fries continued working in the tobacconist until shortly before his death. The shop remained in business until 2004.

After the shop closed, the original interior was transferred to the Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem.

Residents

Population register 1823-1838

Aalten 128

Herman Schotman (Dalfsen, 23-07-1781), public-school teacher, churchwarden and sexton
Hendrika Gesina Hesselink (Aalten, 18-09-1786)

Population register 1838-1850

Aalten 130

Herman Schotman (Dalfsen, 23-07-1781), schoolteacher and sexton
Hendrika Gesina Hesselink (Aalten, 18-09-1786)

Population register 1850-1860

Aalten 130

Herman Schotman (Dalfsen, 23-07-1781), schoolteacher

Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:

Gerrit Schotman (Aalten, 05-11-1812), distributeur der brievenpost
Berendina Johanna te Gussinklo (Haart, 16-05-1811)

Population register 1860-1870

Aalten 130

Gerrit Schotman (Aalten, 05-11-1812), municipal secretary and postmaster
Berendina Johanna te Gussinklo (Haart, 16-05-1811)

Population register 1870-1880

Aalten 154

Berendina Johanna te Gussinklo (Haart, 16-05-1811)

Next residents:

Gerrit Jan van Soest (Tiel, 05-11-1802), gep. rijksontv.
Agatha Margaretha Woudenberg (Boxtel, 05-11-1809)

Next residents:

Jan Adolph Schotman (Aalten, 08-08-1853), shopkeeper
Klazina Bernarda Lindenhovius (Aalten, 23-11-1854)

Population register 1880-1890

Aalten 175

Jan Adolph Schotman (Aalten, 08-08-1853), shopkeeper
Klazina Bernarda Lindenhovius (Aalten, 23-11-1854)

Population register 1890-1900

Aalten 171

Jan Adolph Schotman (Aalten, 08-08-1853), shopkeeper
Klazina Bernarda Lindenhovius (Aalten, 23-11-1854)

Next residents:

Bonifacius Hendikus Stoelinga (Zwolle, 23-02-1867), shoemaker
Maria Elisabeth van Kampen (Zutphen, 09-04-1870)

Population register 1900-1910

Aalten 196 > 242

Bonifacius Hendikus Stoelinga (Zwolle, 23-02-1867), shoemaker
Maria Elisabeth van Kampen (Zutphen, 09-04-1870)

Next residents:

Johannes Gerhardus Blomesath (Aalten, 17-10-1851), shoemaker
Johanna Maria Geertruida Kamps (Winterswijk, 12-02-1860)

Population register 1910-1920

Aalten A242 > B244

Johannes Gerhardus Blomesath (Aalten, 17-10-1851), shoemaker
Johanna Maria Geertruida Kamps (Winterswijk, 12-02-1860)

Population register 1920-1930

Aalten B244

Johannes Gerhardus Blomesath (Aalten, 17-10-1851)

Next residents:

Address directory 1934

Population register 1930-1940

Address directory 1967

Owners

Overview is niet volledig.

Year	Parcel	Owner	Description
1832	I-1397	Herman Schotman	350 m² house & yard