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Content Published May 15, 2017

To the Other Side - 1960

The main road from Kyrenia south to Nicosia as through the pass in the Pentadacytos Mountain range. This field, in front of our house, is now the site of a retail nursery operation. The building in the photo, once a jam factory, still stands.

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Content Published May 15, 2017

Kyrenia - 1960

In 1960, grazing sheep in the open plots of land were a common sight in Kyrenia, as in this field adjacent to our house. The trees shown in the photo produced almonds. Now there is a large apartment house on this and several adjacent plots of land.

1960 cyprus

Content Published May 15, 2017

Turish Cypriot- Kyrenia 1960

This man, probably a Turkish Cypriot posed for me beside our house in 1960. Down this street, about 100 yards, was the Turkish Quarter, where many of the local Turkish Cypriots lived. Further on down the street was the old Ottoman Town of Kyrenia, surrounding the harbor.

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Content Published May 14, 2017

Kyrenia Harbor - 1960

When I left Cyprus in 1960, Kyrenia harbor was still a sleepy working port - small fishing boats, Andreas Kariolou's scuba and diving business, Sabrii Tahir''s new ice cream shop, the Harbor Club with its small recreational sail boats, and last but not least, the seasonal lighters (small boats) that were used to transport the karob crop to small freighters anchored offshore. The businessmen and boatmen here included both Greek and Turkish residents of Kyrenia.

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