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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
My grandfather Roulis Zantiotis , Prapas !!
Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
From left, my grandfather Roulis Prapas, Aunt Tasia Zantioti, my grandmother Stathoula, my aunt Foteini, Aunt Roula, my mom Maria...
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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
My mother Maria Zantioti, in the middle my uncle Babis who has passed away, and my uncle Kostas (the Prapakia)
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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
In Agia Pelagia, from left, my great-grandmother Lambrini Souri, my granny Stathoula, grandpa Roulis Prapas, my mother Maria, Aunt Emy,...
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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
My grandfather Roulis Zantiotis , Prapas !!
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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
In Agia Pelagia, from left, my great-grandmother Lambrini Souri, my granny Stathoula, grandpa Roulis Prapas, my mother Maria, Aunt Emy,...
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Vintage Photos - Matoula Skourti - 21.04.2020
From left my grandfather Roules, grandmother Stathoula, my mother Maria, and uncle Pantelis Vrachnos.
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Vintage Photos - Maria Moulos - 22.04.2020
My father Ioannis Moulos on the right, sailor, 1950s. And the one on the left I think is from Kythera.
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Vintage Photos - Maria Moulos - 26.04.2020
My aunt Vasiliki Moulou, my grandfather Panagiotis Moulos (Lourentzos) and my father Ioannis Moulos, I estimate the time as early...
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Vintage Photos - Despina Dimopoulou - 27.04.2020
A beloved person of mine, who passed away far too early. I always remember him with love.
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Vintage Photos - James Veneris - 03.05.2020
Pourko around 1955 **Back row - Back row** Maria Veneris - Maria Veneris Eleni Kominos - Eleni Kominos Ioannis Veneris...
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Vintage Photos - Αδαμαντια Χλεντζου - 04.05.2020
My grandparents .. Dimitris and Diamanto Chlentzou!!
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