Vága

Schoolgirls at the Váh River

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Vága, 1950s ; Back row from left to right: Rózsika Gyeváth (Mrs. Takács), Mária Zelinka, Mónika Sandula, István Vajda (teacher), Éva Adamkó (Mrs. Szabóné), Mária Kamenár, Borbála Karácsony. ; Middle row from left to right: Irén Boledovics (Mrs. Józsáné), Vera Jalsovszky (Mrs. För... Read More

The members of the Sunny Boys band on the banks of the Váh River

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Vága, in the first half of the 1970s; The members of the Sunny Boys band from Vága near the Vága River: János Németh (bass guitar), János Marafkó (drums), Edit Sandula (vocals), Iván Vadkerti (accompanying guitar), János Boledovics (solo guitar and vocals). Read More

The old Kertalja

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Vága, mid-1960s; The photo was taken in Kertalján, showing the gémeskut, so typical of old times, in the courtyard of the Nagy family, while the Fördős family lived in the other corner house.; The street between the two family houses was called Mester ulicska. Read More

When the famous Ferencváros conceded four goals at Vága

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Vága, July 8, 1984; Róbert Forró scored two goals for Fradi in that match. ; Róbert Forró – nicknamed Roba – was already one of the strengths of the adult team at the age of 18. For nearly three decades, he was the team's defining individual, the most successful goalscorer of all... Read More

Shipyard in the mid-20th century

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Vága, late 1940s; The Vág River provided a good opportunity for the development of the local mill industry. ; In the 1960s, 17 Vága ship mills operated on the Vág River, and the statistical data also mention 17 millers here. Each of the mills – given the different water levels – ... Read More

Female cooks in the 1970s

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Vága, 1970s; The cooks, when weddings were still held "at houses"...; From left to right: Ilona Bakó, Mária Mucha (born Vedrődi), Katalin Ladovics, Margit Zsigó (born Kubányi), Rozália Sandula, Júlia Forró, Piroska Horváth (born Marafkó). Read More

Pioneers in the 1980s

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Vága, 1980s; Pioneers (in Slovak: pionier), from left to right: Iveta Oláh, Zoltán Mahely, Margit Szabó, Gábor Gál, Róbert Mikula, Terézia Nagy (teacher), Milos Knézel, Péter Vedrődy, Péter Knézel, Marian Farkas, Ferenc Forró, Lubomír Cakó, János Práger, Szilvia Takács, Judit Kub... Read More

Wedding procession on Main Street in the 1960s

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Vága, 1960s; A beautiful message from the past…; In the photo from right to left: Jenő Kiácz, Éva Lukács, János Kiss, Etela Szabó (Mrs. Vedrődiné), Ernő Jalsovszky, Júlia Polakovics (Mrs. Jalsovszky), Róbert Jalsovszky, Mónika Sandula, Vera Farkas, Rozália Gyeváth, Ibolya Kiss (M... Read More

Feather plucking from the past

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Vága, 1970s; The work of the Advent period is the common plucking of feathers. At such times, 20-25 people would gather at a house. Mainly women and girls. After the work done in the evenings, the pluckers were offered popcorn, boiled broad beans, csipka (dried apples), a compote... Read More

Great football players of the past on the old embankment

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Vága, 1950s; Left to right: Ede Renács, the goalkeeper born in 1930, Ferenc Kamenár and János Szabó. ; In 1935, János Holub, a teacher, founded the football team in Vága. The first match took place in 1936. In 1949, the team was already playing championship matches. From 1956, a ... Read More