I went to the same school of Ano Syros. In the first year of Primary School, we had a special space on the floor, and it had sand in it. And it also had pebbles and we made different designs. When the teacher was teaching the First or Second grade. There were three grades together.…
When we were young, we did not have nice homes. They had no stairs, they were low. There were house that were very old, with reeds and wood. We had houses like that too.
I will tell you a story from my childhood. Once, when I was young, 9 years old. There were no large shops at the time, grocery stores and things like that. And here in Axos, there is an area called Axos, the 5th School is there. They used to hold a market there. All the…
-What do you have? -Α kitten that is so small. Fat like this. I am kidding. -Good. We also had a cat when I was young, your age. And listen to this funny story. We had a cat called Zaza. -Zaza? -Zaza. And we had a canary in a cage which…
-He had spoken to me about his childhood. He had spoken to me about his teacher called Kastrinos. Mr. Kastrinos with the violin. He had told me that others used to say that he was a very naughty boy. And my grandmother, because she had five sons and one daughter, in order to get the…
– Here on my mother’s side… – They made a boat. – They made boats at the shipyard. On my father’s side they made ports, bridges, roads… And on my mother’s side they made wooden boats.
This is one of the first pictures I have. All neighbours would come and help, and then our folks would go to the other farms. The called it “loans”. One family helped the other. Here they are sowing. My father was like yours, he worked in public works. I mean, they are building a port…
-Is this a cow in the back? (A child points to another picture) -Yes, because I grew up in a farm with cows, calves, a donkey, many hens. And I continue to live in this farm, we have no cows, we have sheep. Which we use as grass mowers, they eat the grass and clean…
-I have brought you something else to see. What do you use to write in your school? What? -I have brought you something else to see. What do you use to write in your school? What? -Pencil and pen… -Pencil? Do you know the old ink pens? The pens. And this…
