In her radio program The Old-Timers, Esther Dean Nyland interviews prominent Grand Haven citizens about their earliest memories of the area. In this interview, Bronsema talks about his childhood and the neighborhood on Elliot Street. Some of the family names he mentions include Kenny, Allen, Beekema, Ott, Barns, Klugas, Bronsema, Zietlow, Cotts, Scott, and Baker. He also discusses his father's work at the docks, loading and loading boats, and recalls a brother who was lost in the shipwreck of the Della Shores.
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