Jasper van der Meij

Rachel on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 08:39

When we lived in Haarlem, we’d wake up some mornings to the smell of chocolate in the air. When you’re hungry it can be the worst smell imaginable. Other times, just heavenly.

Jasper on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 10:41

I know the feeling all to well :)

Sometimes the smell is a bit too extreme though.

haarlemmerhalletje on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 10:48

Is this the old “Droste” factory? In the 60th it was my holiday-job Mmmm……

Jasper on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 10:52

I think it is/was both Droste and Blooker :)

Wim van der Meij on Monday, August 23, 2004 at 15:46

I believe the Droste factory was taken over by Blooker (U.S. firm?) Part of the Droste sign used to a figure with a round body. The buildings on some of the photo’s here were on the site of the old power plant, that used to be next to ‘Droste’.
That does not diminish my liking the shots a lot!

Jasper on Monday, August 23, 2004 at 20:09

I tried to find out about the history of the place, but absolutely nothing came up. :( Too bad..

Peter on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 15:47

It is not Haarlem, but Amsterdam. Blooker was a Dutch factory in Amsterdam, later they take over by Bensdorp and moved to Bussum. Blooker makes cacao and you can still buy it. In Haarlem was Droste.