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Read more about the article Nicu

Nicu

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:16 June 2022
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Recently we were sitting at the dinner table with my parents and somehow memories of old socialist products came up. We began thinking about what products we used to have…

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Read more about the article Imola and Noémi

Imola and Noémi

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:22 March 2022
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In our neighborhood, as in any other community, tragedies existed. They were an inseparable part of our lives, however as children we did not always understand the degree of tragedies.…

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Read more about the article Deaf Borbála

Deaf Borbála

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:22 March 2022
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Not everybody in the neighborhood was tolerant with our constant yelling and playing all day long. As a grownup I can very much understand that now, but as a child…

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Read more about the article Saved by Tennis

Saved by Tennis

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:25 May 2021
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Being a school pupil in my communist country was almost the equivalent of building a career in our days’ modern society. We had a very busy calendar and schedules that…

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Read more about the article For God’s Sake

For God’s Sake

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:26 April 2021
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Even if going to church and religious practices, in general, were forbidden in our country, we still went to church every Sunday. My mother is a very religious person, and…

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Read more about the article Pioneers

Pioneers

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:28 March 2021
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Growing up in a communist country meant constantly being an integrated part of all sorts of communities. Among other things, there were different organizations that you were automatically merged into…

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Read more about the article Snow Adventures

Snow Adventures

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:14 February 2021
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Winters were always very cold and full of fresh snow when I was a kid. The very first thing I and my friends did after breakfast was get dressed and…

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Read more about the article Landing Lane

Landing Lane

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:19 December 2020
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Weekends on the vikkend complex were very loud and busy in summer. It was a very popular place; in fact, it was the place to be if you were an…

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Read more about the article Communist Titanic

Communist Titanic

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:21 November 2020
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Ten minutes’ walk away from our neighborhood there was a fun resort place called vikkend complex. The name comes obviously from the English “weekend” and had been transcribed to this…

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Read more about the article Secret Places

Secret Places

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:2 November 2020
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The sense of adventure and of experiencing something new has always been my life companion. This is nothing particular to me, I am sure: all of us humans are curious…

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Read more about the article A Matter of Lice and Death

A Matter of Lice and Death

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:13 October 2020
  • Post category:Childhood stories
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The lives of the residents of the neighborhood always evolved in parallel. Since it was a new neighborhood, most of the families were young people with small children. We always…

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Read more about the article Time Traveling

Time Traveling

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:26 September 2020
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I recently went back to the neighborhood. It has been over ten years since my parents left it and never looked back. It had been even much longer since I…

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Read more about the article The Tent

The Tent

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:15 August 2020
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Summers were endless during my childhood. The days were always very warm and busy with us inventing adventurous plays, fantasizing, being outside all day long, and not wanting to leave…

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Read more about the article The Visit

The Visit

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:1 August 2020
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I was so excited! My cousin Mira´s* parents allowed her to come and visit for a few days. We had made meticulous plans in our weekly letters written to each…

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Read more about the article The Town Chickens

The Town Chickens

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:18 July 2020
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One hot and sunny morning in June a piece of strange but interesting news began to spread in the neighborhood: there were live chickens sold at the gostat*. There was…

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Read more about the article Bananas

Bananas

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:20 June 2020
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The first time I came in contact with the concept of a banana was while my mother was reading me a story from a children´s book. It was about an…

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Read more about the article Our Apartment

Our Apartment

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:31 May 2020
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Our neighborhood was a busy and loud place, built in the 1970s for young families who were looking to find a place of their own, and for those who had…

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Read more about the article Lilla and Timi

Lilla and Timi

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:16 May 2020
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Lilla and Timi*  were locked in their small room again and were crying their hearts out, banging the walls with their fists and calling “édesanyja!” “édesapja!”** I could hear each…

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Read more about the article The Store

The Store

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:2 May 2020
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I am sitting by the kitchen window daydreaming about what a wonderful thing it would be if the Angel brought me a real barbie this time. I mean, this character…

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Read more about the article The Fresh Sand

The Fresh Sand

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:2 May 2020
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It was one of those singled out events that may or may not happen. You know that the concept exists and that it could happen to your neighborhood one day,…

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Read more about the article The Flying Kid

The Flying Kid

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:1 May 2020
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The five-member Kovacs* family lived on the ground floor of the apartment building directly opposite to ours and it delivered plenty of material for entertainment.  You need to know that…

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Read more about the article The Elastic

The Elastic

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:24 April 2020
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"All right, I am telling you now: take all the toys with you that you need. I am going to take a long relaxing bath. Do you hear me? Take…

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Read more about the article The Candy Man

The Candy Man

  • Post author:Storyteller
  • Post published:19 April 2020
  • Post category:Childhood stories
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He never had a regular schedule, but he very often came around 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. On some weeks he came almost every day, other times we would not see…

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