How did they manage without
TV or radio? What music was not around when your grandparents were young?
How does the clothing that your grandparents wore when young differ from
the clothes you wear today? Are hair styles the
same?
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My great-great-grandfather Jens Nielsen Kirk.
My great-great-grandfather was born the 8/8 1836 and died 1909. He lived
of making shoes, cos’ he was a shoemaker. He got in 1857 to Jensine.
A day from my father diary: The 1. April 1866. Easter Day 9 o'clock took
he and he family to curch and took the day off. He always worked late, but
in return he often helped his friends and the other way around. They lived
a very primitive life and didn’t have a lot of money. Jensine was housewife,
who took care of the children and the house.
Mette
from Denmark
 , 1999.
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My grandfather told me that when he was a
boy he lived in a big farmstead with all of his relatives. There wasn't running
water, electric power or heating. They warmed with the Fire. My grandfather
played with a ball, and some glass bottles, and with those he made some
artificial fires. In his town there wasn't a school, he had to go to other
schools, in a near town. Usually he got up early, and he walked for some
kilometres before arriving at school. He had not many suits, they belonged
to his brother. He told me that when he arrived at MuggiÚ he thought
he was in America because there were some articles that he couldn't see in
his town: the TV and the radio upset my grandfather's life.
Luca from Italy
 , 2001
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My grandfather--Volodya was born in Baku
in on December 14 in 1939 . When he was 14 he moved to Mingechevir City with
his mother in 1953. He finished school # 3 in 1957, where I study now. When
he was 18 he joined army .After completing his service he entered a technical
school. He had worked in the factory “Azerkabel" as a specialist on
automatics for 20 years. He was elected the secretary of “Comsomol“
organization of the factory. It was a youth organization for young people
in the Former Soviet Union. Several times he was awarded with certificates
of appreciation on behalf of the administration and his colleagues for his
excellent work. He was also awarded with ”Lenin?” award. In 1977
he started to work at the other enterprise "Electro-Izolit”. There he
worked as the chief of laboratory. He died in 1992.There is an apartment
and library with set of books as an inheritance from him. He was very
inquisitive, read a lot and he had a good memory. I’m proud of his life
and try to do good things in the life to be a dignified successor to my
grandfather.
Rita from Azerbaijan
 , 2003
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Looking
Back In Time (part of the
Who-Am-I? program)
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Preparation for students: Talk with the
oldest living relatives you have about what their life was like when they
were growing up. We would love to hear their stories.
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Interesting background reading:
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