Period 102SITES OF MEMORY

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.

Liucija: I arrived from the sea coast to study in Vilnius.

1 photographPovilas (first to the right) and Vandas (second to the left), Tarnauskas, restaurant "Versalis" shareholders, festive visit to Nemunas.

Neringa: In childhood, our parents would bring us to Vytauto Park.

Audronė: „Pradėjau lankyti devintą vidurinę Senamiestyje.

Street, yard, house. I still remember where a turn should be taken in order to find myself next to the nine-store house, which was my most favourite place in my childhood.

Liucija and Daiva: "Sonata" was an integral part of our youthful life, just like lessons, it was the same with dancing.

Portraits of friends (1985) captured in the yards of Dainava microdistrict

Tadas Ivanauskas High School

Jonas: “At the beginning of July 1962 and after graduating the 1st High School of Ukmergė (now the High School of Jonas Basanavičius), My classmate Vytautas Juknys and I, Jonas Navikas, arrived at Kaunas for the first time (!).

Liuda Riaukienė: “My grandparents Povilas and Vanda Tarnauskai were shareholders of Versalis company.

The first building of Garrison Officers' club during the Interwar period was in a two-storey building designed by an unknown architect at the corner of Laisvės Alėja and A.

Asija: “When the family got too big, we received a room in Laisvės Ave.

D.B.: Even though that for most residents of Kaunas, Picture Gallery seems as located in a Bermuda triangle, to me it has probably become a symbolic place, where I made the decision about my profession.

Audronė: „Prie Neries nevyko nieko įdomaus.

Aleksandra: “I lived just next to Laisvės Alėja.

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Gintaras: "One detail stuck to my mind from the dismantling of Leninas monument: next to Donelaičio Street, under a tree, I saw an elderly couple, probably of Russian nationality.

Jolita: My grandparents lived "on the hill", in Vilijampolė.

Petras Vileišis Square (or Smėlynė, as it was called by the residents of Kaunas) was a place famous for horse racing.