Delft roots

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Jo Dijksman (1915-1996) worked in the organic chemistry department from 1948 to 1980. The collection entitled ‘Een geschoren garibaldi’ (‘A shaven garibaldi’) includes descriptions of his time at the then Technical College Delft. The 140 recollections cover his life in Delft – how, as a small boy, he played in the newly-constructed buildings on Julianalaan, in the same area where he would later play tennis with his colleagues during lunch breaks, how he burnt his fingers on hot tiles in the Royal Delft factory, how he learnt to shave on a bowler hat, and how he exchanged tobacco ration stamps for milk or coal during the war. The book ‘Herinneringen aan Delft’ (‘Memories of Delft’) appeared in 1995, featuring 46 of these accounts. All 140 are included in ‘Een geschoren garibaldi’. The book costs 12.50 euros and can only be ordered from www.mooilimburgswebshop.nl/products/211944.