This bicycle was found in a canal during some dredging. It had been there awhile as it had mussels growing on it. Up until modern times the canals had often been used for refuse dumping and the city did not begin work on a sewer system until 1907---PU.
William studies hard. Perhaps he is intrigued about the 1578 "redecorating" the Protestants did to the Catholic churches in converting them to Protestant churches. Perhaps he is reading about the role of the Dutch West India Company in the African slave trade.
William captured me playing Happy Birthday on these church bells.
1944 was the winter of starvation in Amsterdam. Peter's family had found a goat head. They washed it well and cooked it for hours over their Primus stove. Every bit of flesh was eaten off of the bones. Peter saved the bones and glued them back together. It is said that those people who would have been having their growth spurt this winter are noticeably shorter than others. People also took half-starved cats home and then ate them. When this was made illegal, people shot crows. I am sure the fat pigeons were long gone.
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