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Visit of oom Manie Muller to Compagnes Drift Farm and Mill

April 30, 20121 min read

On Saturday 14th May 2011, oom Manie Muller returned to the place of his birth, Compagnes Drift, for the first time since he left as an 11-year-old in 1942. 

He describes what he remembers about the Farm and particularly about the Water Mill ……

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