Picture from 1966. Bottom row from left to right: Laurențiu (Lorică) Hurjui (b. 1950 Dreptu village - construction engineer for the chemical industry, machinery and installations), Gheorghiță Dascălu (b. 1948 Poiana Teiului village - army general), Vasile Bonteanu (nb 1950 Galu village - chemist specialist), Mitică Vasiliu (b. 1949 - d. 2011 Dreptu village, driver)
Upper row, from left to right: Petrică Olaru (nb 1951 - d. 2006 Dreptu village - priest), Dan Iosifescu (b. 1948 Galu village - accountant), Gheorghe Hurjui (my brother) (b. 1948 Dreptu village - ex-general prosecutor of Neamț county, now lawyer), Ștefan Chiorbeja (b. 1946 Pârâul Fagului village - driver), Petrică Chiorbeja (b. 1951 Pârâul Fagului village - driver for Neamț Court), a stranger who came to visit Vasile Gherasim family from Dreptu village
This is the first story in "Lorică's Memories" series. These are my father's true stories of his childhood in the Romanian countryside. It is my pleasure and honor to write them down for him and make them sound... better :-) He claims he doesn't have the talent to write them himself, but I think he just doesn't have the patience. :-) I record him narrating, then I transcribe, cosmetically edit the stories and translate them of course. I hope this will give you a glimpse into the life of a child in the Romanian countryside. Here's the first one.
