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"I
am Greek Cypriot. I came to England in 1964 from Cyprus, around the time
that the troubles started. I came here for a better life. I was just a child
then - 16 years old. But I can still remember the day. I cant go back to
the village as it is in the north, the Turkish side. I used to go and look
at the village from watch towers in the south. I haven't stepped back to
the village for 39 years. I don't think it exists anymore the way I remember
it. My home is in the "ghost town", in the "no mans land" area.
It was called "Saint Zonir. Although England is my home now and I haven't
been back for so long, if I could go back and see it I would. This picture
of me as a young child is one of the only pictures i have of me before I
left. i dont have any possesions or objects, just dreams." |