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Photo taken on the road where they waited for the motor car.
Photo provided by Arcadio Varona
For the majority of the participants, their childhood years were their happiest in
Ciadoncha. They recall how much excitement they felt when they wanted for the car. As
soon as they saw the reflection of its lights, they would begin to shout “the car, the car,
the car”.
Other boys also recall how Ciadoncha had its Cabo Cañaveral, referring to the
place where space rockets were launched. The children built real rockets with a material
that Simeón used in the forge (a furnace where metals are heated). They would place this
explosive on a rowboat and would then light it on fire and the can would shoot out by the
explosive force. For some, spending time with Simeón, the town’s blacksmith, watching
him work, was already was an enormous hobby.
Children and youth in the 60s.
Photo provided by Arcadio Varona
Childhood was spent very well in Ciadoncha. There were groups of children by
ages and above all, by the neighborhood where they lived. As I mentioned previously,
the town, regardless of being small and not having many inhabitants, had its
neighborhoods very well separated and it was rare for children from different
neighborhoods to play together after school.
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