Mario Simone Luciano Rama
Graglia: a village of bricklayers and pavers
Interviewed in 2012, Luciano Rama, born in 1920, recalls war memories whe she served in the Royal Alpin Artillery in Aosta. Imprisoned by the German, as a prisoner he worked in the coal mines in Alsatia living in a lager. When the WWII ended he worked as a bricklayer learning the profession from his elder colleagues. He tells of these experiences.
Video table of contents
- The army
- 8- September 1943
- Imprisoned in Alsatia
- In the lager
- Back to Italy
- Work experience
- In a construction site
- Wood plank
- Manual preparation of lime
- Passing brick hand by hand
- Watering lime in a tank
- Construction sites
- An apprentice
- The arrival of the machines
- Lime
- Everyone had a task
- Work and the cost of a worker
- Eating in the construction site
- By bike or on foot
- No more bricklayers or pavers
- They do not work like it was in the past
- Tools
- Bricks
- Concrete
- Plaster
- Sand
- A difficult period
- Paver dialect
- Graglia dialect
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Graglia
District: BI
Altitude: 596m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantiere
Luciano Rama
Year: 1920
Profession: Pensioner
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Eleonora Agnolazza, Luca Ghiardo
Video by: Luca Ghiardo, Marta Nicolo, Battista Saiu
Created: 23-07-2012
