The post-war period, Eating banana peels to survive, by Juan Francisco Agüera

 My name is Juan Francisco and I’m 16 years old. I’m going to interview my grandfather. He was born in 1938 in La Union (Murcia) so, he’s 76 years old. He grew up with his 9 brothers and sisters.
His father worked in the mines and his mother was a housewife taking care of their children.
 He used to play marbles and bowling. He went to school until he was10 years old and then, he started to work in the mines with his father.
 He remembers the hunger and that he had to eat bananas peels to survive as it was very difficult to get any food.
 He really wanted to go to school but, at that time, it was a luxury that he couldn’t afford. He dreamed of buying a house, getting married and starting a family.
 He couldn´t make a journey because he didn’t have any money.
He met his wife because she was a good friend of his sister. After 6 years dating they got married and they had 11 children. My mother is their second oldest daughter.
 His wife worked selling fruit.
He thinks that there are a lot of differences between young people in the past and now. When he was young he had to do what his parents wanted him to do (he had to obey)   but now young people have the freedom to do what they want.
 Thank you for the time you have spent answering this interview and telling me the story of your life.