Santa looked a lot like daddy…
In the early 1960s, Santa Claus is wearing a gray coat. The world is black and white. In a small square-shaped photograph, the camera lens has […]
Avainsana: 70’s
On the Buses!
The superior mode of transportation in the 60s and 70s was the bicycle. With a bicycle, you could quickly and reliably get anywhere. Tapiola, the garden […]
Tar, Sweat and Tears
– Mom! I can’t tighten these. Can you press here, so I can tie the knot? The new Pro Champ Kobobol ice hockey skates are black […]
Backyard Hockey and Ball Sports
Tapiola was teeming with kids of the junior league age. The soccer league between residential areas had started even before we moved to Tapiola in the […]
The Wizard of the Silver Ball
”Ever since I was a young boyI’ve played the silver ball.” In the 1960s, many a child was enthralled for good when a Fortuna game emerged […]
The youth center called Spittoon
The reason why the youth center of the Tapiola parish, officially named Olotila, started being called Räkälä – in English, it might have been Spittoon – […]
The Age of Aquarius
Räkälä, as the church’s youth club was called, had burnt to the ground and Heikintori’s disco didn’t even have a B-license. Teenagers on the verge of […]
Thieves Like Us
Theft is a regrettable occurrence. Both stealing and being stolen from – most of us have experiences of both. Usually, it’s over some trivial thing, not […]
I Can Smell a Horse!
In Buster Keaton’s final movie, ”A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” there is a scene where the young hero, an utter fool, […]
The Trenches of Vallarit
– Dad, what are those?– Where?– Over there, behind the trees.– Those are trenches. Fortifications. Do you wanna go and see? It’s quite a scary place.– […]