Chrisanthe Comino (formerly Aroney)
Without the love and care of her immediate family and a network of aunts, uncles, great-aunts and gr...
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Oral History
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"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
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George Nicholas Comino
The Australian part of George Comino’s story began in 1954. He vividly remembers the day, 1st April...
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George Nicholas Comino
The Australian part of George Comino’s story begins in 1954. He vividly remembers the day, 1st Apri...
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Jim Panos (Zacharias Panaretos)
While I was living in Melbourne during the 1980s I enrolled in a Greek language course with the CAE....
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Vasiliki's Story.
Daughters of Aphrodite: Cafe Brides Chapter 5, Aphrodite and the Mixed Grill. Kytherian-born,...
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Sunday Sensation - Horse in Cafe
Sunday Sensation Not something new on the menu of S.Peter & Co Cafe in Otho Street on a Sunday af...
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Charalambos Emmanuel Leondarakis (Harry Londy)
In August 2005 when we travelled to Kythera to attend the "Discover your Roots" event at Hora, we st...
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Nicholas Laurantus. An Interview. 1978.
An Interview with Nicholas Laurantus. By, Takis Constantopedos, & Alfred Vincent Περιοδικό, Tο...
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Brinos Notaras reflects on the Olympic Relay of ‘56.
“the sparks from the magnesium were a real hazard” "My recollection of the Relay was that I repli...
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Spiro Notaras, carried the Torch into the City of Grafton
"Even today I realise the honour the Council placed on me to carry the Torch. My involvement with...
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old papa from Merriwa writes from ////
Papa always had photos of Anna /Helen/ the daughters of Mary his Sister who theo and Andrew bought o...
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Remembering Kythera's WWII occupation.
APRIL 2003 Edition number: 247 From the archive of the newspaper "Kytherian Idea"* *Original name...
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Peter Pentes. Victory Cafe. Some stories.
1. I recall that Peter had the cafe during the war. I am sure he had it in 1940. It became the Victo...
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Oral History by Marion Brown (nee, Johnson). Kytherians in Gilgandra.
As told to George C Poulos, Friday 4th November, 2005. I was born on the 22nd January, 1921, in C...
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Archie Kalokerinos. Medical School, Internship, Ship's Surgeon.
From the book MEDICAL PIONEER OF THE 20TH CENTURY CHAPTER 3 MEDICAL SCHOOL The relaxation o...
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Archie Kalokerinos. Parents and Childhood.
From the book MEDICAL PIONEER OF THE 20TH CENTURY CHAPTER 1 MY FATHER AND MOTHER According...
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Theo Corones. His life. 1926-1998.
[[picture:"Theo in 20\'sSMALL.jpg" ID:8235]] As a young man in his 20's. Taken whilst he was acti...
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Joyce Wrigley remembers the Gilgandra flood of 1955.
This is my account of a night (24th February) during the Gilgandra flood of 1955. It was written o...
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ABC cafe, Gilgandra, memories....
My first memories of the shop were growing up with lots of people around all the time – the watchdog...
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The milkshakes always taste better......
in the other Kytherian Cafe. When I was young, I spent a great deal of time working in the Gilgan...
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