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00:00My street is memorable. During the war, the street was called Twarda and it was very damaged.
00:10And there was such a big mess in a house that is now gone.
00:14When the war ended, the rubble was taken away by workers by cars.
00:18People began to move into houses that were less damaged.
00:22People wanted Twarda Street to be called National Council Street.
00:27After a few days, the street was called National Council Street.
00:31After a short time, people had a grocery store and a meat shop, from which they were very satisfied.
00:37A year later, a post office was built, and then a school was built, and children began to attend school.
00:44This was a fragment of the work of Zbyszek Sałka, a school student at National Council Street in Warsaw.
00:51We thought it might be worth asking the children there to show us their street.
00:58Twarda Street
01:16This street is so old-fashioned, because there are old houses, such old shops.
01:21In general, it looks like everything was old.
01:24There are no married people on this street.
01:27There are no people who own a house, who have their own cars, who go out and have various feasts.
01:35Here are people who go to work and dress elegantly.
01:41Not like other people, they are married and dress up in various suits, the most beautiful on the street.
01:47There are few strangers.
01:50Usually, people know each other and talk to each other.
01:55They also know each other's names.
01:57For example, if someone wants to borrow something from someone, he goes to this lady,
02:01this lady gives it to him, borrows everything.
02:04It is very nice if people live together, know each other.
02:10And when, for example, a stranger lady goes, you don't know who she is.
02:15And when a lady you know goes, you say, oh, Mrs. Kowalska is going.
02:23Our postman knows everyone on the street.
02:27When he distributes letters, he asks what is going on, where are you going, what are you buying,
02:34whether you are going to buy a coat or food.
02:39Sometimes he talks about how he goes there, these letters, on which streets, who he gives them to.
02:45And he talks like that for a very long time, sometimes.
02:48And so, slowly, he gets used to it.
02:50There are very small shops and workshops, such workshops.
02:55They are small, because on one street, well, why so big?
02:59They make various shoes, various machines, repair lamps.
03:04And these workers who work, they are sad that they don't have the sun
03:10and that they work in such a building, which is so gloomy.
03:15There are small machines in these shops.
03:18And it's not like in factories, everything is done in a hurry, fast.
03:24And here they do it slowly, they are not in a hurry.
03:27When they do it, it will be.
03:29If a man has an interest, he will go to this man, talk to him a little.
03:41A lot of cars come to the repair shop on this street.
03:45Well, because there are the best car mechanics on this street.
03:48And these cars come there every day.
03:51Such a car comes and they repair it and screw everything, screw it.
03:58If there are such holes and you can't paint it, they weld it.
04:02And then they cover it with such white and then they paint it.
04:07Sometimes they have to disassemble the whole car.
04:10Sometimes they throw out the whole car.
04:12They have to do it again.
04:21In the morning, people hurry to work to finish their work earlier.
04:26And in the afternoon, they are not in a hurry at all.
04:29They can even wait.
04:31They are still looking for something to buy,
04:33whether they can still buy a tie.
04:36Because men have more time,
04:40because the woman takes care of the children the most,
04:43and the man, when he goes somewhere,
04:46he doesn't come back for the whole day.
04:49Sometimes he meets his wife and she shouts.
04:53And the man doesn't do anything about it,
04:56he just does the same thing.
04:58So those who are interested in fish,
05:01they buy various baits,
05:03new fishing rods,
05:05when they break down on some thicker fish,
05:08and they measure whether it is good to throw it far away.
05:12The fishing rod doesn't break down,
05:15because it has to break down.
05:18It doesn't fall apart, just put it in tightly,
05:21because it won't be wearing such a long fishing rod.
05:24These men have already seen these fish,
05:27how they will catch themselves once in a while on hooks.
05:30Women don't deal with fish.
05:33Women prefer some other sports,
05:36but fish is not for women.
05:40And the girls have such a custom,
05:43one to the other,
05:45and then,
05:47when they see a boy,
05:50the boys fall in love with their girls.
05:53And then there are various jokes, because...
05:56There is a boy and a girl standing in the gate,
05:59they are talking,
06:01and the boy stretches out his hand,
06:03tears the string off his head,
06:05and says,
06:08On this street, people move out from many houses.
06:12And there must be a couple,
06:15five or four,
06:17to carry it.
06:20They take it in both hands.
06:22It is very difficult for them to carry such a wardrobe.
06:26And when people move out, they are nervous,
06:29because the children are hungry.
06:32And there is no place to cook dinner,
06:35because the pots are packed,
06:38and they don't know where the lighters are.
06:41You have to look for everything.
06:43These people are surprised,
06:45where do these things come from?
06:47There is no place in the car,
06:49and there are still things.
06:51On this street,
06:53there are a lot of houses for demolition,
06:55and some of them are already demolished.
06:57This area is so ruined,
06:59as if it were after the war,
07:01on the first day.
07:03The walls are colored, red, yellow, blue.
07:08Work is going very slowly,
07:10because the workers think
07:12that it is too hard for them,
07:15and that they will get tired.
07:17Some people take it,
07:19hit it once, and say,
07:21Oh, my hand hurts already,
07:23and they sit down.
07:25Then the second time,
07:27about half an hour,
07:29and they sit down again.
07:31When they demolish the whole house,
07:33they start building a new one.
07:35You look up and count,
07:37and sometimes you don't count well,
07:40but if you look up so high,
07:42you can see that this house
07:44is moving.
07:46Between this old one
07:48and this old house,
07:50for example,
07:52there are new houses,
07:54and people are starting to live.
07:57These houses are so happy,
08:00so big, bright,
08:03and so small.
08:09If I were to say that my street is ugly,
08:12I would say that my street is the best.
08:15It can be ugly,
08:17it can be a scratched house,
08:19it can be full of bricks.
08:21It can be ugly for everyone.
08:23And I always say
08:25that it is the most beautiful for me.
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