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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pothof Clog Factory operated on Polstraat, then number 64, during the 1930s and 1940s. The factory is mentioned repeatedly in advertisements and newspaper reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1931, the firm Pothof & Co., a mechanised clog-making business, was listed at Stationsstraat 96a in Aalten. In 1934 this address was renumbered as Stationsstraat 32a<\/a>. The partners named were Christoffel Pothof<\/a> (Meppel, 07-06-1896) and Jan Dost (Onstwedde, 09-12-1901).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year later, De Graafschapbode reported that Mr Elsinghorst, a stove manufacturer from Bocholt, had rented the former cake and rusk factory of the Wijers firm, \u201cwith the intention of also manufacturing stoves in Aalten. A small part of these buildings, in which a clog factory<\/strong> is established, will continue in that use.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1948, De Graafschapper wrote about Pothof\u2019s clog factory: \u201cMr Leezer formerly had his slaughterhouse here, after which it was sold to the firm Gebr. Wijers, who converted it into a rusk factory<\/a>. Later still it passed to the Pothof firm, which promoted it to the status of a clog factory<\/strong>. During the war years it was requisitioned by the German Treppmann, and now the machines of the Pothof firm are running there again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1951, H. Martin, co-director of the Tricot factory in Winterswijk, started a babywear knitting mill<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Address history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This site \u2014 formerly Polstraat 62 and Polstraat 64, later Koopmanstraat 77 \u2014 is now occupied by housing. Brederostraat was laid out across the site, and homes were also built along Koopmanstraat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several businesses occupied the site during the 20th century:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Leeser slaughterhouse (1916) \u2192 E.J. Wijers Rusk Factory<\/a> (from 1919) \u2192 Pothof Clog Factory (1930s\u20131940s) \u2192 Martin\/Agave<\/a> (1951\u20132000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This overview is not complete.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year<\/th>Plot<\/th>Owner<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1916<\/td>I-4089<\/td>Joseph Leeser, butcher & merchant<\/em><\/td>3,118 m\u00b2 export slaughterhouse & yard<\/td><\/tr>
1918<\/td>I-5754<\/td>Joseph Leeser, butcher & merchant<\/em><\/td>10,548 m\u00b2 export slaughterhouse,
stables & grassland<\/td><\/tr>
1921<\/td>I-5754<\/td>N.V. “Wijers’ Beschuit- en Koekfabriek”<\/td>10,548 m\u00b2 factory & grassland<\/td><\/tr>
1933<\/td>I-6428<\/td>N.V. “Wijers’ Beschuit- en Koekfabriek”<\/td>10,640 m\u00b2 factory & grassland<\/td><\/tr>
1942<\/td>I-6428<\/td>Gerhard Trepmann, manufacturer<\/em><\/td>10,640 m\u00b2 house, shed,
factory & grassland<\/td><\/tr>
1952<\/td>I-6428<\/td>N.V. “H. Martin”<\/td>10,640 m\u00b2 house, shed,
factory & grassland<\/td><\/tr>
1962<\/td>I-8728
I-8729<\/td>		N.V. “H. Martin”
N.V. “Aaltense Garenveredeling Agave”<\/td>		7,020 m\u00b2 factory, yard, house, office
3,620 m\u00b2 factory, yard<\/td><\/tr>
1978
1977<\/td>		I-8728
I-9207<\/td>		Gerrit Johan Kramp, director of a private limited company<\/em>
Garenveredeling Aalten B.V.<\/td>		7,020 m\u00b2 factory, yard, house, office
3,475 m\u00b2 factory, yard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Clog\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Clog factory on Polstraat, rear view<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Koopmanstraat\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Cadastral map fragment, 1918 (plot I-5754)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pothof\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Arnhemsche Courant, 8 August 1931<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pothof\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Aaltensche Courant, 29 January 1932<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pothof\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Arnhemsche Courant, 6 November 1937<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pothof\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Aaltensche Courant, 17 December 1946<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thunderstorm\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
De Graafschapbode, 3 June 1938<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Polstraat\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Aaltensche Courant, 27 July 1945<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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