Their names are Antonio y Pepa.
My great grandfather died in
1995, but my great-grandmother
is still alive and very beautiful.
What were her parents’ name?
Their names were Jose and Elisa.
Where did they live?
They lived in a town in
Granada called Láchar.
What was their house?
They were born and lived in a small and very
small house they lived with part of their family.
What was their town and who lived in it?
It was and is a small
town of the province
but very important
because it is the
castle where the
Duke of St. Peter
lived.
What were their favourite games?
His favorite games were: skipping the
“comba”, hide and
seek.
What were their
jobs?
They worked in the
field, they were
farmers.
What was the gift you liked the most?
His favorite gift was a bucket
of popcorn that the Reyes
Magos gave him.
Has anybody in your family been in the war?
Her father Jose.
When her father returned
from the war was one of
the best moments of her
life.
What was the hardest part of his life?
The hardest thing about his life was overcoming his
mother's death, and having to take care of his little
sister and his mutilated father from the war.
How
did my great-
grandmother meet my
great-grandfather?
They met playing in the
town.
How many children did my great-
grandparents have?
My great-grandparents had 3 daughters, Elisa,
Charo and Maria Jose. Charo is my grandmother
and she's 55.
What did they like to do together the most?
They loved going to the romeria,
with all their friends and their
daughters.
They loved to eat all together
and whenever they could they all got together with
the little things they had.
The romeria was the main
festival of the town. They
dressed in the regional
costume.
Today my great-grandmother still lives in Granada, but in
winter comes to live with us to Barbastro.
I love hearing all her anecdotes from when
she was little and all the stories she tells
me.
My great-grandmother loves to dance and
sing, she's everyone's joy and I love her
madly.
I LOVE
YOU!!