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What the fuck, you might say, why go back to those vintage moustaches? Sure, we still pride ourselves of having a keen eye for the best in new and renewing contibutors, but recent celebrations of 40 years Stonewall, and pride did draw our attention to history as well! Just to show that sometimes delving into research pays off. Linking data of LTHR.nl and the GMBA sm-artgroup shed light on the initials on this poster: Before he opened his business Ad van Schaik worked behind the bar at the COC on the Leidseplein with Anne Feenstra. The bar was an initiative by Leo Lanting and his wife Margot. Anne, who also worked as a perfumeries representative, dreamed of a beauty salon. “I will call it Margot”, she said. To which Ad added: ”I’m going to buy a leather bar and I will call it LL, in honour of Leo Lanting.”
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Also lremember: atest Tom Jones, Harry Bush, Willem Kok, other harder to swallow stuff inside, You can as always go back to the splash page of last month |