The railway age · Village life
Weddings across the mountains
1929–1938 Proven
The Kynouria papers announce at least four engagements between men from Myloi and women from Vervena and nearby Xiropigado in 1929, 1931 and 1938. They are the human side of the yearly winter migration from the mountains to the coast.
- Where
- Myloi (the village)
- Threads
- Village life
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- Κυνουρία, 01-12-1929 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Κυνουρία, 01-02-1931 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Κυνουρία, 01-10-1938, σ. 2 Open (opens in a new tab)
Also in this period
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11 January 1886
The schoolmaster of Myloi is paid by the state
A new decree on school grants again gave Myloi 10 drachmas a month, now 'for the schoolmaster' (grammatodidaskalos). Together with earlier reports, it shows that the village kept a small school of its own in the years…
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15 April 1888
Myloi gets its own post office
A 'Post Office of Myloi' was set up in the village. The mail for Tripoli now came by train as far as Myloi, and the paper expected Myloi to become the centre of 'numerous engineers, contractors and workers' once building…
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23 March 1889
Ten extra gendarmes for Myloi
At the request of the mayor of Argos, the gendarmerie of Argolis reinforced its post at Myloi with ten men. With hundreds of railway workers arriving, the paper called it 'an excellent measure for public order'.
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24 March 1889
Workers of every nation, and 'famous cutlets'
'Workers of various nationalities pour in there every day,' wrote a correspondent about the building site of the Myloi–Kalamata line. A good restaurant had been built: 'In Myloi-Lerna you can taste famous cutlets.' He…