Vága

Corn deprivation in the 1980s

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Vága, 1980s; In the fall, after the harvest, relatives, neighbors, and acquaintances gathered together to help each other and clean the corn cobs of leaves. The work done together was a good opportunity for conversation, storytelling, playful banter, singing, and solving riddles.... Read More

At the end of a school year in the 1970s

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Vága, late 1970s; A graduation quote on the school board: "Life is not a dream, but a struggle. and it only does not deceive those who face it with a clear head and a strong will." (Stendhal); Teachers from left to right: Adél Csomor, Márta Kovács, Antal Somogyi (school principal... Read More

The Ferencváros Torna Club football players on the pitch

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Vága, July 8, 1984 ; Vágai Physical Education Association - Ferencvárosi Torna Club 4:5 (2:4). ; VTE: Sandula, Zsigó, Farkas, Sas, Simkó, Dančík, Földeši, Horváth, Butko, Forró, Kamenár. Substitutes: Navrátil, Recht, Lulovics and Gyeváth. ; FTC: Zsiborás, Hász, Rab, Keller, Jancs... Read More

Grandmothers in the cemetery

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Vága, 1970s; Cemeteries of our village throughout history: the first cemetery in Vága was located at an unspecified time behind the current Heroes' Monument on the Vedrődy-Hlavaty plot with a large acacia cross, the second cemetery in Vága was around the current (and old) church,... Read More

Camp Mass and the ceremonial blessing of the National Flag

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Vága, October 1, 1939; At 10:15 a.m., a camp mass and the ceremonial blessing of the National Flag were announced on the official invitation.; The raising of the National Flags, symbolizing Hungary's thousand-year-old unbroken historical tradition, was a movement in the 1930s in ... Read More

Members of the Slovak Catholic Youth Association

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Vága, 1930s ; The Slovak Catholic Youth Association (SzKIE) is a denominational youth organization. It was organized in Slovakia in 1933 based on the Actio Catholica movement of Pope Pius XI. The SzKIE had a separate Hungarian branch, whose membership exceeded 12 thousand by the ... Read More

Bride and bridesmaids in 1958

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Vága, August 1958; Bridesmaids standing from left to right: Mária Adamkó (Mrs. Zsigóné), Anna Zsákovics, Eszter Gyevát, Margit Kiss (Mrs. Zsigóné) the bride, Margit Forró (Mrs. Zsigóné), Erzsébet Karácsony (Mrs. Hulákné), Jolán Karácsony (Mrs. Hlavatyné). ; Sitting from left to r... Read More

On the day of a little boy's funeral, 1975

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Vága, May 1975; The photo was taken on the day of the funeral of a tragically deceased little boy (Péter Polakovics). In the background are members of the Volunteer Fire Department, in the foreground are students of the Vága Nine-Year Elementary School. At that time, the deceased... Read More

Reapers on the border

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Vága, 1970s ; Harvesters on the grain combine: Ernő Knézel (from left), Gyula Kamenár, János Takács. ; In front of the grain combine: János Vedrődi (from left), István Józsa, Dezső Mojzes (president of the United Farmers' Cooperative), ?, ?, István Németh. ; The SZK-3 and SZK-4 c... Read More

Members of the Red Cross in Vága in the late 1960s

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Vága, late 1960s ; Back row from left to right: Mária Jalsovszky (born Forró), Rozália Marafkó, Mónika Sandula, Anna Karácsony (born Józsa), Jr. Rozália Marafkó, Margit Zsigó (born Szabó), Klára Bugyinszky, Rozália Kozma, Irén Zsigó, Mária Zelinka, Vera Nyári (born Lukács). ; Fro... Read More