Says it all! Remember this?
The pit we discovered at Buitenzorg?

This afternoon I visited Baarns Historic Room, a mini museum with a big reference area. Time to start investigating the who, what, when, where and why of this mysterious pit! Heard a nice story from one of the volunteers about an Aunt of hers and silverware. Just before her Aunt was being evacuated during the War years she quickly took the silverware out of her bag, threw it into the pond, and put the cat, that had been circling her legs, back into her bag. I don't know how long this Aunt had been away but when she returned home, without the cat, the silverware was still in the pond! Could this pit have a history like this? We searched through a few folders containing old newspaper clippings about Scouting and the Amsterdamsestraatweg. Nothing. Lots of articles about the local Scout groups, Scouting Museum and Buitenzorg though.

I did leave with a name of someone to contact at the Town Hall! Let the paper-chase begin!