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Bust of Honoré Colsen and Light Pole

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    October 12, 2023

    Honoré Colsen: 'mayor' of Sluiskil and advocate for free feathers.

    Honoré Colsen was born in 1886 in Terhole. In 1906 he settled as a butcher in Sluiskil. In 1908 he became chairman of the Reception Committee in honor of the opening of Minister Lelybrug. When Sluiskil was not connected to the mains by the municipality of Terneuzen in 1923, Colsen went to talk to the management of the Provincial Zeeland Energy Company (PZEM).


    He learned that Sluiskil had to purchase 7,800 guilders per year in electric light. Colsen convened a meeting and even the poorest declared themselves guarantors of a minimum purchase. The PZEM dared to do it and Sluiskil got its relief. As a souvenir, a sign was hammered onto the 'first pole' with the text “Created by our own strength”.

    Read the full story at zeeuwseankers.nl/story/honore-colsen-burgemeester-van-sluiskil-en-voorjager-voor-de-vries-veren

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