1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Y5HFiiFJLx"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/vegan-adventurers/">Vegan Adventurers – Starting In 1925 – Going Around The World</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/vegan-adventurers/embed/#?secret=Y5HFiiFJLx" width="600" height="338" title="“Vegan Adventurers – Starting In 1925 – Going Around The World” — HappyCow" data-secret="Y5HFiiFJLx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1925mini.jpg578198Vegan Adventurers – Starting In 1925 – Going Around The World J. de Leeuw-Pool & family of Andijk (Holland) – vegetarians – living exclusively on raw plants, fruits and wholemeal bread – ……on a grand voyage! ‘Pre-hippies’ – long forgotten by the vegan / vegetarian community. Postcard-sized & smaller – simple flyers – printed on thin paper – in our Ernest Bell Library collection. Kept in our ‘Wonderful Mavericks & Eccentrics’ file. Fortunately, around 90 years ago, some folks slipped them between the pages of books. They survived & can now be shared widely. There are several different versions of this flyer existing. The family seem to have updated & reprinted them in various places! The languages on the reverses of the flyers change. Did the children enjoy passing them out? Where did the family  end up? If anyone knows, please share any information with us. The trip took them several years. It also looks as if they replaced / modified their ‘carriage’ several times! The ‘carriage’ was sometimes described as being pulled by a car (voiture) & sometimes by a donkey or mule – we imagine that the animals were very well cared for – ‘Vegan Police types’ please ‘Shhhhhhh’ – this was almost 90 years ago – 19 years before the official ‘birth’ & renaming […]