Le Baron de Dedem était propriétaire d?une grande tourbière dans une province située au nord des Pays-Bas. En 1809 l?idée lui vint de construire un canal pour faciliter le transport de combustibles. Le canal fut nommé tel son propriétaire ainsi que le fleurissant village avoisinant. Alors que le canal était à l?apogée de son influence commerciale le Baron dut réduire son projet par manque de financement. Carl Wittrock signe avec passion une page musicale dans l?histoire de la province d?Overijssel.

Paul and Barry Ryan were identical twin sons of 1950’s pop singer Marion Ryan and were born on 24th October 1948. They were groomed for stardom and had started singing as a duo before their fifteenth birthday. They were signed by Decca in 1965 and brilliantly marketed as clean-cut fashion icons. Their first single ‘Don’t Bring Me Your Heartaches’ reached the UK top twenty but their success as twin performers lasted only three years. In 1968 Barry embarked on a solo career while Paul concentrated on writing and producing. Eloise with its melodramatic vocal style and heavily orchestrated backing was an early success of this new collaboration and went on to be covered by a variety ofartists including punk legends The Damned.