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Memories of the Polish communist era [115]
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I was only a child in that time so i didnt understand most of it.
How its stuck in my head is:
Really lond queue to buy meat and sugar.
Most of the shops were empty.
I remember my mother's face when my dad managed to get furniture to living room - her face was like she just saw god :)
From my old photos from kindergarden and primary school - every child had exacly same shoes :)
I also remember parade on 1st May - absolutely all kids had to go through town vaving little flags.
At the back of my child's health book it was written : 2 pair of tights, 20dkg of ham, 100g butter etc (that was limit my mum could get for me)
One more memory - when i broke my glasses my mum was very upset / sad because it was really hard to get proper lenses.
But like i said - being a child i was happy and didnt really care that my parents had hard time to get food / clothes and everything else. For me it was beautiful time ive spent playing with friends :) TV was not popular so we were healthy childreen spending most of our free time outside :)
