Happy New Year! / Godt Nytt År!

New year's eve at the pub. The owner Bart Ender Barton spends the Holidays in England with his family there and Sean Kommer'u stepped in for him, his salons next door being closed tonight anyway. And since Pater Maximillian never turns down a glass of anything, Sean thought this could be a cheap way to entertain his brother. It's common knowledge that a Catholic priest in a bar is never short of free drinks from middleaged women.

Helmer came over for a beer, but left early to be with his family.

But pater Maximilian feels quite neglected tonight, since the interest of everyone in the bar is directed elsewhere!

I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year filled with miniscule pleasures!
It has been great to get so many new friends to share this hobby with and I'm looking forward to see more of your work in 2010!

One hundred followers

ENG: Yesterday I got my follower number 100! Cheers and thank you all! I never would have imagined that when I started this blog! I just wanted a place to keep my stories together and where I was free to tell them. And I never would have thought that this blog would get me new friends from all over the world! I feel very blessed!

(One of these is Johanna from Finland who started the Mini treasures wiki. The wiki has its own exciting Advent calendar where miniaturists from all over the world contribute with their work, and I'm honoured to be one them! "My" window is tomorrow, the 12th December. )

NOR: I går fikk jeg min hundrede følger! Skål og takk til dere alle! Dette hadde jeg aldri ventet da jeg startet denne bloggen! Jeg ville bare ha et sted hvor jeg kunne samle og fortelle historiene mine. Og jeg hadde heller aldri ventet å få venner over hele verden! Jeg følger meg veldig heldig!

(En av dem er Johanna fra Finland som driver Mini Treasures-wikien. Wikien har sin egen spennende adventskalender hvor miniatyrelskere fra hele verden bidrar, og jeg er stolt over å få være med! "Min" luke er i morgen, den 12. desember.)

Lundby local history - part one: The Brewery

ENG: The observant of you may have noticed some beer labels on the wall in my pub. A few of them are from the Lundby brewery which seized to exist in 1972. Today I wanted to share the little I have been able to find about this brewery.

NOR: De observante av dere har kanskje lagt merke til noen øletiketter på veggen i puben. Noen av dem kommer fra Lundby bryggeri som opphørte i 1972. I dag fikk jeg lyst til å dele med dere det lille jeg har klart å finne ut om dette bryggeriet.

LUNDBY BREWERY on the southern Seeland, Denmark. 1894-1972.
It was a family owned brewery, founded by the mason Niels Jensen, 1843-1931.
After him his son, Niels Hartvig Jensen, 1886-1946, took over. He developed it into one of the best breweries in the area and had made plans for the expansion and modernisation of it, but died unmarried before seeing his plans through. In his will he had left all his fortune for a legacy in his parents memory. It's name is: (translated) Brewer of Lundby Niels Jensen and wife Karen Marie Jensen's legacy

NOR: LUNDBY BRYGGERI på sør-Sjælland i Danmark. 1894-1972.
Det var et familieeid bryggeri, stiftet av daværende murermester Niels Jensen, 1843-1931.
Etter ham overtok sønnen, Niels Hartvig Jensen, 1886-1946. Han gjorde bryggeriet til et av områdets beste og hadde lagt planer om å utvide og modernisere det, men døde ugift uten å ha fått satt planene ut i livet. Han hadde testamentert hele sin formue til opprettelse av et legat til minne om sine foreldre. Det fikk navnet: Brygger af Lundby Niels Jensens og hustru Karen Marie Jensens legat.

Kilde: Husmand i Lundby Jens Nielsen og hustru Elise Marie Jensdatters efterkommere.

UPDATE 16.06: I have added a link to the history of Lundby doll's house company in the link section.

LEGO 1

ENG: At last the building supplies from the Danish manufacturers arrived, so the building company Helene & Son Ltd. could complete the remaining facade. The exterior of the reception rooms was rebuilt. Arne Vaa, who supervised the project, had made drawings based on the original drawings. For the pub, he proposed a more modern look, but still in keeping with it's older neighbour's style.

NOR: Endelig kom de manglende byggematerialene fra de danske produsentene, slik at byggefirmaet Helene & Sønn AS kunne få bygget ferdig den gjenstående fasaden. Eksteriøret til selskapslokalene ble gjenoppbygget etter Arne Vaas tegninger som var basert på de originale tegningene. For puben foreslo han en noe mer moderne stil, som samtidig spilte sammen med den eldre naboens uttrykk.

ENG: Picture to the right: The street in the evening.
NOR: Høyre bilde: Gata i skumringen.

ENG: A peek through the windows.

NOR: Noen glimt inn gjennom vinduene.

On request

ENG: Upon popular demand, here are pictures showing a whole building. This is the one holding Spook House, Gjengangere second-hand store, the pub and the reception room. Arne Vaa has designed the Spook House front for his friend. The original facade, which can be seen in the rest of the house, wasn't compatable with an exclusive shop for modern design. The logos are designed by Cocco.


NOR: Etter talløse oppfordringer (1), her er bilder som viser et helt hus. Dette er bygget som huser Spook House, Gjengangere brukt og antikk, puben og selskapslokalet. Arne Vaa har designet Spook House-fronten for vennen sin. Den originale fasaden, som man kan se i resten av bygget, passet dårlig til en eksklusiv butikk for moderne møbler. Logoene er designet av Cocco.











(Because of insufficient supply of building materials from the Danish manufacturers and concerns for the stability of the structure, the facade so far only covers the ground floor. )

You know where to find us - or Who's who?

NOR: Så var vi her igjen... Nora sitter ved bordet med sin beste venn Polly Line og sin tante Fiolett paa Traadén. Bakerst ved disken ser vi Arne Vaa, Polly Lines eksmann, med vennen Karl Edo Spook. Som du kanskje kan gjette pga de svarte klærne er både Polly Line og Arne arkitekter.

I forgrunnen står Helmer og prater med tanta si, Dolly Barton, som også er tanta til pubeieren, Bart Ender Barton (sønn av Dollys bror Bartholomew Barton og Mae West Ender). Dolly står for en vesentlig del av omsetningen...

ENG: And here we are again... Nora and Helmer back in the pub.

Nora is sitting at the table with her dearest friend Polly Line and her (Nora's) aunt Fiolett Paa Traadén (VioLet's It Slip). In the back by the counter we can see Arne Vaa, Polly Line's ex-husband, and his friend Karl Edo Spook. As you may have gathered from their black clothes both Polly Line and Arne are architects.

In the foreground Helmer is chatting with his aunt Dolly Barton, who is also the aunt of the publican, Bart Ender Barton (a son of Dolly's brother Bartholomew Barton and Mae West Ender). Dolly is responsible for a fair share of her nephew's turnover...

Welcome to my blog and to my pub

NOR: Velkommen til bloggen! Som nevnt i min profil har jeg hatt et Lundby dukkehus siden jeg var barn. Det er etter mye oppussing gjennom barneåra blitt utslitt og etter at jeg fant et brukt 1980-talls Stockholmhus fra Lundby, ble det overdratt til dattera, bortsett fra en nyere underetasje som jeg har beholdt. Senere er det blitt utvidet med ennå en etasje og jeg har startet på et nytt hus med butikker og den puben jeg lenge hadde villet lage. Puben er ofte besøkt av forskjellige folk, bl.a. paret som bor i hovedhuset, Nora og Helmer, og deres familie og venner.

ENG: As mentioned in my profile, I have had a Lundby dollshouse for years, since I was a child. Through the years it was worn out, so I kept the extension, gave the old house to my daughter and replaced it with a used 1980's Stockholm Lundby. Later I have expanded with an extra floor in the house and started a new house with shops and the pub I had wanted to make for years. The pub is often visited by many different characters, among them the couple who live in the main house, Nora and Helmer, and their family and friends.



NOR: Jeg har laget barkrakkene, disken og ølkranene selv og det meste av det som er på veggene.

ENG: I have made the bar stools, counter and beer taps myself and most of what is on the walls.