‘This is what my love wanted’. After ten years of struggle and misery, a Groningen chimney cap is standing on ‘t Noorn farm in Krewerd

Jan Munneke watches how the new chimney cap is placed at farm ‘t Noorn by two cherry pickers Photo: Anjo de Haan

Jan Munneke stands proud in the wind that blows hard around farm ‘t Noorn. Next to him, Klaas Helmantel from Westeremden hangs a little backwards with a strap tightly in his large hands. The tension strap is wrapped around the new chimney cap, made of steel and completely forged by Helmantel.

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