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Interview with Vasileios Tsoukas (VST), a lime kiln worker from Ktismata in Pogoni- transcription & translation file in greek and english

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:07 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
Interview with Vasileios Tsoukas who shares his memories on lime kilns practice and the tough side of living in a poor Epirus village, during the 1950s and 1960s.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

I01

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Participants

Faidon Moudopoulos -Athanasiou

Country

Greece

Place

Ktismata, Pogoni region

Item/object

Lime mason

Cultural context/event

Storytelling

Location

Home

Temporality

The last lime kiln firing in the village took place within the 1960's.

Date of creation

2022-05-17

Unique ID

2021SG05-I01-0204