Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

Aleksandra: “I lived just next to Laisvės Alėja.

Solveiga Lukminaitė: My brightest memories are related to my favourite places in Kaunas, especially Kaunas yacht club.

A.K.: Russian Aesthetic Education Centre later received the name of Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: A note on the monument of Salomėja Nėris: I remember it standing there.

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

Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė: If someone is collecting historical material, there is an interesting episode.

When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Girėnas Sports Centre, the Hall and the Stadium.

Galina: “Formerly, the Christmas tree was decorated at Vienybės (Unity) Square.

Elena: "While drinking my morning tea, I read an article about the old Kaunas movie theatres:" It's incredible, but today in Kaunas, out of almost 40 old movie theatres, only one had survived and is still operating.

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.

Žilvinas: “My brother and I, we are twins.

Liucija: I remember, when my friend and I, we would go to the Picture Gallery to visit the exhibitions.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I am sending several photos by a famous photographer from the Soviet times, Stanislovas Lukošius which he gave me before he passed away.

Judita: "When I was young I used to live with my custodian in M.

Audronė: „Prieplaukos krantinę vadindavom cimbruvka.

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.

Indrė Žakevičienė: The most memorable event for me was the commemoration of February 16 in 1989 in Santaka Stadium and the “analogue” of the Baltic Way 25 years ago in the Museum of War.

Gintaras: Žalgiris Stadium was not only a place of sports events; people were also interested in the shows by stunt drivers from Czechoslovakia.

Neringa: Yesterday, while driving from Vilnius to Kaunas, I saw the “new” sign of the city of Kaunas and realized that the old sign was a really special place.