Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia and maybe photos from an in-country trip by a long-term ex-pat.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
From the past....
Relics of the past. Three manual phones (yes, of course some of us still have them), and a SKJ Yugoslav Communist Party flag. (Some people still have those, too!) The only things on this photo that are present-day are the crocheted doilies, sold on Knez Mihailova street by the ladies who make them. The phones were for sale, too; not sure about the flag...
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THE ROOF CAVED IN....
Well, not the entire roof. Just the back side, which is not visible here. Every year I make a gingerbread house. Notice I said 'made,...
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très jeune j’installait ces téléphone chez les abonnés
Remember waiting for the dial to return to the beginning each time you dialed???
Of course, we all had them at one time or another. Well, except for the youngens among us.
Of course, we all had them at one time or another. Well, except for the youngens among us.
My grandmother had one like the one on the left, only hers was black—and it sat on a little table in her dining room, on top of a—yes—hand-crocheted doily. Great find, Bibi!
une partie de l'histoire, maintenant on repropose des telephones avec ce design mais modernes, comme quoi tout redevient a la mode
What a great composition to go with this eclectic collection of objects... The phones are fascinating with the rotary dials and yes, I do remember them!
Bises
Genie
Ah, the good old days. I haven't seen one of those phones for a long time. Most people around here have given up their land lines and are using only cell phones! Nice photo, Bibi!
we not long ago got a old Princess phone - remember those? - to use should there be a power outage .. the last black out we were w/o anyway to contact other family because we had no working phone!
OH I want the one on the left please. I can still remember the feel of these in your hand and the sound the rotary dial made.
V
I won't give up my land line either!!! I much prefer to talk on the land line....and I totally agree about the emergency concept!
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