“They didn’t build those rabbits, either.”
“Such a mess! Come and see, ”Havířov, a senior, throws up her hands in the center, and the shopping bag almost falls to the ground. A Christmas tree ready for decoration attracts attention in the square. The locals are debating whether there will be an “even greater horror” after lighting up, others have not seen such a nice tree yet.
Náměstí Republiky used to be in Havířov’s place, where people also commemorated the anniversary of November 17. “We used to go, but how sick people are,” says Mrs. Vera. Last year, there were memories of the Velvet Revolution due to the covid in the lighting of the Petr Bezruč Cultural House in the colors of the tricolor.
Petr Bezruč House of Culture. Photo: Daniela Černá
“But I’ll tell you the truth. Where there were nice places, they are destroyed. The homeless are building bunkers or lying on a bench and sleeping there until morning, “he immediately adds his opinion on the post-November development. He has lived in Havířov for nine years. Life in the Moravian-Silesian Region has always been more complicated. “People in Karviná value everything more. Scooters have children at their disposal here and they also ride through monuments, mainly because there are stairs, “he criticizes and compares the mood with another once famous mining town.
She worked at the mine herself for 39 years and he introduced to the mine that no one in the family would have a job. But today, they say, few people need to go to work at all. “Why? The social worker pays them an apartment and they get dressed. When you own an apartment, you have to pay for electricity, gas. They don’t. They’re going to a social worker. I can’t understand how anyone can be ten years in the background. I don’t understand it, “annoys a senior who is not a native of Havířov, so she recommends:” ‘Mine’ is coming, he’ll tell you better. He has been here since he was a child, “he says.
Husband George, with the reaction to freedom and democracy that we fought after 1989, did not hesitate for a second: “The Velvet Revolution crushed everything. They came to power to bastards who weren’t people. They fucked up what they could. You can easily put that there, “he assures. “And they will shit again,” he adds.
“Muzzle beside the muzzle.” Will they play the geroje?
Are we doing well from ten to five? No. It is said to be much worse. “Monsters are coming to power. It was visible on Letná, next to each other. Muzzle next to the muzzle. It was just a matter of the Communists not going to force them against them, “he started in another evaluation of the situation. The conditions are said to be incomparable. “I used to take five crowns, I went to the bakery, I bought ten rolls and a liter of whole milk. I paid one hundred and fifty crowns for the apartment. And today? Did salaries rise like this? In the West, security earns not fifteen, but forty-five thousand. They are blind! They just say they’re anus… Anus, that’s literally, I’m not talking vulgarly Mr. Jiří has been working as a guard for a short period of thirty years.
It is better not to ask about the abolition of mines. “Thousands and thousands of miners were employed there. And where are you now? They do auxiliary work. I have a colleague, four or five former miners. The state will not take care of anything, “he adds.
He also criticizes the fact that some coalition groups went to the parliamentary elections. “I will challenge you to leverage. You will be one, but there will be three of us, “he explains why he does not like the system. The period when Andrej Babiš was Prime Minister was more acceptable for the family to live than under his post-November predecessors. The first Czech president was among the speakers. People can’t forget the amnesty.
They also remember the conditions when the breadwinners went straight to the dungeon under the cursed totalitarianism. “Now my parents and everyone else are eating,” comments Jiří.
The couple continue to walk along Hlavní třída, which is an example of socialist realism. Today, however, it boasts a yellow facade in some parts. “It’s really just a facade.”
The most beautiful city in the world. “We have enough.”
The modern landmark of the Republic Square is a monument called the Gate with a Pendulum and a Spring, which is famous for several years of struggles between artists and the town hall. The locals wanted the pendulum in motion and crashed.
Gate with pendulum and spring. Photo: Daniela Černá
The mobile police station can also be seen in the center. “Police must be everywhere. If it weren’t for us, we’d be pardoned in the bastards. Thus, when someone needs help, the police officers arrive immediately and take the wines with them, ”praises another of the local residents.
Part of a mobile office in the center. Photo: Daniela Černá
“I don’t care what the city does. I like Havířov, I have lived here for sixty years. I like everything here. This is the most beautiful city in the world! We have everything here. Shops. We don’t miss anything, “. “Health and money are important. I’ve had enough. One son is a doctor, the other a police officer, “he adds, heading for Elan’s house.
ELAN square and department store. Photo: Daniela Černá
After the reconstruction, it is a three-storey shopping center with 57 shops. Under socialism, the building belonged to the depth of the regime and was called the Future. People came here to shop, not only from Moravia.
Another shopping center, which belongs to the pre-November past, remains on Dlouhá Street, which connects to Hlavní třída. At the entrance with the KSČM showcase.
At the shopping center. Photo: Daniela Černá
In the Havířov cadastre, residents have at their disposal the newest food chain stores and hypermarkets.
At Globus, they’re testing for covid. “If the wave of covid came for Nečas, we would go crazy here. Babiš did it better, but certainly better than the others, “says Kamil, 45, from Havířov in line for the test. He is sure that the result will be negative and he will have lunch in peace. Next to them they have a great goose with red cabbage.
Globe in Havířov. Test queue. Photo: Daniela Černá
We don’t want rabbit houses! So they didn’t build anything
Havířov was built after the Second World War in order to provide accommodation for employees in shafts. The development thus consists of thousands of flats in panel housing estates. “They said: we will not build such rabbits! So they didn’t build anything, “said one of the passers-by to the post-revolutionary era. There are also free parking spaces at some housing estates.
Housing estate in Havířov. Photo: Daniela Černá
Mrs. Zdena, who came to Havířov to visit her family from Ostrava, is quite satisfied with the period after the Velvet Revolution: “It was a mistake to cancel the war. That was the only mistake. Today, children leave school, they don’t go to school, they just hang out. To the shaft with them! ”
Housing estate in Havířov. Photo: Daniela Černá
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author: Daniela Černá