What's new?!

25 June 2006

• First of all there is a fresh category - Electronic equipment.
• I have added some 5 000 Portuguese calendars to my collection as a result of a large scale exchange operation.
• In one year this site has grown up to 2760 calendars!
• Featured in July - Find the differences! Please do have a look there, it's quite funny. I have plans for August too.

18 September 2005

• There are new descriptions and pictures: Trains and railways and Birds.
• My holidays in Spain were successful, also in terms of pocket calendars.
• The Spanish version is finished.
• Statistics are "illustrated" now.

14 August 2005

• Great news: from now on the Spanish version of this site is online! Everything is avalable in Spanish except for news and text descriptions of the calendars.
• The Statistics section is extended. If you click on the numbers you can see how many calendars from ech country, year or category are in the database.

25 July 2005

• There is a lot of news. First of all I have sorted out the texts. Hopefully it will be easier to find your way on this site.
• We have something to celebrate here - there are two thousand calendars on the site!
• There are new calendars in the categories Flowers, City public transport and Medicine and health. Furthermore - more phonecards and old calendars. The oldest one is from 1875.
• Featured in August - flowers from Thailand. And there are more than 130 different calendars for exchange.

30 June 2005

• Butterflies are featured in July. Take a look at them, they are wonderful!
• There are new calendars in the categories Sports, Different animals (butterflies) and Medicine and health. The quality of the pictures is also improved.
• The swap page is regularly upated.

30 March 2005

• Main news: about a month ago I got a message from diDesign&d - graphic design company from Breda (The Netherlands). They found two calendars designed by them on my site. I will spare you the details but now I have more than 150 different calendars of this company and loads for exchange. If you are interested in Dutch calendars, just let me know.
• I have added descriptions and pictures of more than 40 old calendars. The oldest calendar in my collection is from 1881.
• From now on when you watch calendars from my collection, you can see which of them I have for exchange. You can recognise them by this sign . The exchange page is regularly updated. Don't forget to have a look every once in a while.

15 January 2005

• The main news on the site - the swap page. From now on you can see a (very limited) part of the calendars that I offer for exchange.
• I have added "Posters" to the database. With pictures, of course.
• Featured - old calendars.

5 December 2004

• The traditional International pocket calendars exchange meeting has taken place in Torgau at the end of October. My new result is two and a half thousand calendars!


• And again, I have managed to buy quite a few very old calendars at the Collectors' Fair in Utrecht.
• There are some sixty new descriptions and pictures on the site. And featured this month - Presidential candidates of Ukraine!

15 August 2004

• I have added some forty new pictures: mushrooms and old calendars. Mushrooms will be the featured topic for September.
• There are some new links.
• In april I have bought some thirty very old calendars. Some of them are already on line. I hope to add the rest soon.

7 March 2004

• My computer was ill for a very long time, but there is enough news nevertheless.
• From now on there is a Multilingual thesaurus on my site. You can find out how "pocket calendar" is called in different languages (this will help you in your search on the Internet or in other countries), names of the weekdays and months will help you to find out the country of origin of a calendar, and if that does not help - have a look on the list of public holidays. If you find any mistakes - please let me know!
• There are about 200 new descriptions of the calendars and some 150 new pictures: lottery and tourism.

23 November 2003

• During my holidays in Italy in October I managed to find a couple of hundreds Italian calendars. Most of them feature the views of Italy.
• The 17th International pocket calendars exchange meeting in Torgau was just wonderful! There were people from different countries. I have changed about 2000 calendars.
• Yesterday I went to the Collectors' Fair in Utrecht, where I bougth some 45 calendars. About 10 of them are from 19th century.
• There are some 30 new pictures on the site. You can see more Coca-Cola now!
• In the swap section it is possible to see bookmarks that I have for exchange.

31 August 2003

• There are some 100 new pictures on the site, and in the database there are 1001 calendars by now!
• Twin Towers of New York (right, the ones that do not exist anymore) are featured in September, and in October...!!! Come back then, you will not regret!
• In October I am going to Germany again to take part in the 17th International exchange meeting.

12 June 2003

• Apologies for the lack of news for such a long time! By the way, if there is no news on this page, it does not mean there are no changes on the site.
• In december 2002 an article was published in Sozavox, the internal magazine of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (my employer). My site and my hobby are featured in the article. If you are intersted you can read the article here (unfortunately only in Dutch).



• I have updated links. Hopefully they all function properly.
• Featured this month: Cartoons. Next month's featured remains secret... even for myself.

10 November 2002

• Last weekend of October I took part in the 16th International exchange meeting organised by the German Club of Pocket Calendars Collectors in Torgau. Next to many good impressions and positive emotions I brought home more than a thousand new calendars!



• This month's featured - Fournier calendars. In December you will see my calendars from before 1960.


• From now on you can turn the calendars around, see not only the front of a calendar but also back!

26 September 2002

• New records and pictures are added to the database. New categories: banks and EURO convertors.


• Check out my links - they are up-to-date again.


• CommunityZero does no longer provide its services for free. The Pocket calendars collectors' community has just moved to Yahoo!Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PocketCalendars/

20 September 2002

• New records and pictures are added to the database. New category: tobacco.


• We have fixed some problems on the site. However there might still be inconvenience.


• Featured: Beverages. Do not miss October issue: calendars on phonecards!

August 2002

• After visiting Russia and Ukraine I added 1,500 calendars to my colection.


• In Scandinavia there are pocket calendars too!

22 July 2002

• Official site opening.


• In the database: media, post/telephone/telegraph, beverages, restaurants/bars/cafes, cartoons.


• Featured: Telephone.

8 July 2002

• Test version of the site is offered to selected victims.