{"id":143135,"date":"2022-09-03T23:27:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten-achteruit\/dick-fries\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:46:41","slug":"dick-fries","status":"publish","type":"persoon","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/persoon\/dick-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-overview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle has-large-font-size is-style-text-subtitle--1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shopkeeper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/209242007\/dirk-fries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dirk (Dick) Fries<\/a> (1924-03-30 \u2013 2002-10-08), son of Georg Fries and Jansje Meijerman, was a household name in Aalten. Everyone knew him from his tobacco shop, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/landstraat-19-21\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sigarenmagazijn Dick Fries<\/a>. He was also a well-known figure on the streets, accompanied by his guide dog.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fries had become blind during World War II. In 1949, he opened his shop on Landstraat in Aalten. Despite his disability, he was able to find his way around his shop flawlessly. Handling payments with customers also presented no problem for him.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every cigar enthusiast knew how to find Dick Fries&#8217;s little shop in Aalten. Dick Fries was even a Purveyor to the Royal Household. Two years after his passing, the interior of this shop was moved to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openluchtmuseum.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netherlands Open Air Museum<\/a> in Arnhem.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aa245f54b987&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aa245f54b987\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dick-Fries-in-winkel.jpg\" alt=\"Dick Fries Cigar Shop\" class=\"wp-image-18546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dick-Fries-in-winkel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dick-Fries-in-winkel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dick-Fries-in-winkel-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tobacco shopkeeper from 1949 to 2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":140961,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[585],"tags":[],"beroep":[],"thema":[],"class_list":["post-143135","persoon","type-persoon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biography"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dick Fries (1924\u20132002) | Old Aalten<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The blind shopkeeper Dick Fries was a household name in Aalten. 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