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cypezokyli
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Joined: 20 Dec 2005
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i found the asbestos mine photo amazing...
it has given to the villages of the region a real income.... and years later...cancer.
thanks leyla |
And Sarcoidosis.....Come on people were is the sympathy  
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its not about sympathy. its history.
the highest part of troodos mountain had a completely different development from other fertile regions (like morphou for example) of cyprus. the asbestos mine did save the region from mass immigration.
i know that we are preoccupied with the cyppro, and forget some of the socio-economic structures that have developed in different parts of cyprus. too often the structures that developed were closely related to the source of income.
regions who had no access to a stable income became pretty fast deserted.
in troodos people stayed so long the mine was open.
when it was closed down people left for the cities... or at the end of the 70s to saudi arabia.
as for cancer it came later... my great-grandfather died from it, my grandfather had cancer , and his brother also died from it. if you search the region you will hardly find any worker who didnot later on developed some kind of disease bc of that mine.
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in this region there were hardly any Turkish Cypriot villages. so for these people the whole bicommunal fights were practically unknown. |
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Birkibrisli
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Joined: 29 Aug 2005
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Location: Australia
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Did you notice something else in the pictures?
With the exception of the covered woman on the donkey and the Greek Cypriot monk,you couldn't tell if the people were Greek Cypriot or Turkish Cypriot...
There were no religious signs or relics on the people.
Who can tell if the Cypriot girl was a Turkish Cypriot or Greek Cypriot???
Truly remarkable! |
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Leyla
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Joined: 14 Apr 2006
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My first impressions were exactly the same Bir.. In fact I will keep on searching for similar images as I am fascinated with these photos...
I particularly like this website (especially the then and now section):
http://www.oldphotosofcyprus.com/ |
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city
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Joined: 15 Aug 2005
Posts: 3370
Location: Larnaca area
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ah,Leyla, thats a page I knew and wanted to post in this thread now as I remembered it. But you were faster. 
That Danish site is truly amazing! |
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city
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Location: Larnaca area
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zan
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Mukhtar/is
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Posts: 962
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| cypezokyli wrote: |
| zan wrote: |
| cypezokyli wrote: |
i found the asbestos mine photo amazing...
it has given to the villages of the region a real income.... and years later...cancer.
thanks leyla |
And Sarcoidosis.....Come on people were is the sympathy
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its not about sympathy. its history.
the highest part of troodos mountain had a completely different development from other fertile regions (like morphou for example) of cyprus. the asbestos mine did save the region from mass immigration.
i know that we are preoccupied with the cyppro, and forget some of the socio-economic structures that have developed in different parts of cyprus. too often the structures that developed were closely related to the source of income.
regions who had no access to a stable income became pretty fast deserted.
in troodos people stayed so long the mine was open.
when it was closed down people left for the cities... or at the end of the 70s to saudi arabia.
as for cancer it came later... my great-grandfather died from it, my grandfather had cancer , and his brother also died from it. if you search the region you will hardly find any worker who didnot later on developed some kind of disease bc of that mine.
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in this region there were hardly any Turkish Cypriot villages. so for these people the whole bicommunal fights were practically unknown. |
I meant sympathy for me Cyp. Apparently my Sarcoidosis comes from those open mines. Asbestos breathed in when I was young and I was not a worker. I am alright though...........don't worry about me.............. 
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Leyla
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Joined: 14 Apr 2006
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| city wrote: |
ah,Leyla, thats a page I knew and wanted to post in this thread now as I remembered it. But you were faster.
That Danish site is truly amazing! |
It certainly is! Truth be told I was searching for a particular image of an old street in Nicosia and I was amazed at what I found and that it was part of gallery. I'll check out the movie clips as well and see if I can access them.
There is one photo on the Old Photos of Cyprus website that I particularly like (from the Then and Now section) and its of the two women baking bread. |
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Leyla
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City..I can access the movies....
One clip is of UN soldiers around Ledra and another is of a group of boys enjoying the sea (pretty wavy!) in Kyrenia.
Zan, sure it was the asbestos that caused your condition? lol... |
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zan
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| Zan, sure it was the asbestos that caused your condition? lol... |
I know what you are getting at Leyla hanim and you are trying to divert attention from your......shall we say....habit.
As for the asbestos...that is what I was told when I was diagnosed twenty years ago ..............but I don't like to talk about it  |
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Leyla
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Leyla
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Dhavlos
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Leyla
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| Thanks Dhav |
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repulsewarrior
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Joined: 06 Jan 2006
Posts: 1740
Location: Canada
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You guys, kindly use the sticky in Cyprus Problem Resources so that our library can contain this important work.
thanks... |
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Cyprus rules!
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Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Posts: 668
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Yay!! I don't know why I just couldn't find the page anywhere... 
I'm definitely saving it now though!
Believe it or not, I was going through my pictures (Of which there are quite a few) and came across a picture that I think is a lot older than the 1920 ones on that album, probably late 1800's, I'll put in on the 'historic images of Cyprus' Album. I do remember that it came from an Album, so I'll try and find it (Although, as we know, finding web pages is not one of my strong points, you may be waiting a while... ).
(Oh and I also love the picture of those three girls, they look so Sweet and cheeky...  ) |
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