Bertus Nossent gets a frugal farewell after 50 years at 'the post'

hoek van holland - He worked at PostNL for almost 50 years. But just before he would be in service for half a century, Bertus Nossent had to retire against his will. Without a handshake or bunch of flowers or a festive last day. He received a sheet of stamps.

'It was different times', the born Rotterdammer looks back at his first years at 'the post', at the end of the sixties. 'I started on the street, of course, but soon climbed up. '