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Back on the other side of the building.
An Arabic looking piece of graffiti and numbers on the wall.
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"Close door please." Don't think
I could. Almost no plaster left on the walls
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Another staircase going up, almost completely
covered in plaster. Would have felt saver with a hard-hat here.
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Lots of writing on the elevator doors
upstairs.
"Neuk de Tijd" - Fuck time
"Waar is die goeie ouwe tijd?" - Where's the good old time?
"AC/DC"
"Fock system"
"Roots, Rock and Reggea
"Bob Marley"
"Ik in de Jumbo" - Me in the Jumbo
"Boudewijn in de Jumbo (16 nov)"
"Stop that train I'm leavin'"
"Fock Police"
"Fock 2e Kamer"
"Kill all cops / punk"
"Can't stop Rock 'n Roll"
"Fock Cammeart"
"Rasta 4-ever"
"I love Trway Wompel." ??
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A look through the window into the world
were normal people live.
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Green slime growing on the ceiling, moss
growing on the floor.
I couldn't find a way into the elevator room. The only way
I can think of is some way to get onto the roof from the outside or from
inside the elevator. Doors of the elevator wouldn't open.
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Back outside. The tunnel under the railroad,
now from the other side.
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Nice example of nature taking over, a bird mad a nest in this old lamp.
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Jumbo/4-east/Jan Steen/Gelderman office
as seen from the factory.
I walked around the western side of the building and noticed
a platform outside.
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Stairs, platform and door. The blue "uitgang"
(exit) sign is of the plastics factory next-door.
The stairs to that platform were in reasonable condition, but the platform
itself was totally unreliable so I stepped from the stairs through the
door. Soon noticing the floor was of wood, had some holes here and there
and didn't creak I took one not interesting snapshot and quickly got out
again. Very scary, wood so rotten it doesn't creak.
I left across the railroad tracks again, but now taking a route around
the thorny bushes. Thus ends the story of the last remnants of the Gelderman
factory. For the time being anyway. The company and it's owners have had
a huge impact on Oldenzaal so I wouldn't be surprised if I run across
one of the Geldermans again. ![](/photos/gelderman2010(foto_145).jpg) Update 2010: The building has deteriorated enormously in the 8 years since I was here. The picture is from a company renovating old buildings and putting them to new uses.
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