Originally Posted by
MarkinOz
(...) I have a Dutch friend who is quite active with the Dutch community in Sydney so we’re going to see if we can find any relatives of Henk still residing here.
Cool! I have traced a few of my locally-made bikes back to their originators, and - if you're a bike romantic like me - nothing beats talking to the people who were responsible for the bike's existence.
In some cases the shops still existed, and twice I got to meet the owners and their spouses in those shops, both of which (the spouses) were also very active in running the shops. And was audacious enough to ask for a
picture.