Throwback photos showing the drinking habits of Hungarians during Socialism – PHOTO GALLERY
Alfahir.hu invites us all to take part in a journey back to the time of Socialism through taking a look at the drinking habits of Hungarians.
The nostalgia is assured by Fortepan and its photo gallery showing Hungarians while drinking, the interiors and also the exteriors of pubs, and, simply, some beverages. The atmosphere would surely catch anyone watching them: as a youngster you may be amazed by the photos or even surprised how different bottles looked like.
But as an elder one, here’s your chance to reminisce about the good old times or, in case they weren’t that good, just be happy that those days are gone now. Let us all then travel back in time and see what social life and drinking were like under the Socialist regime.
All photos shared in the article belong to the collection of fortepan.hu.
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- Quietly drinking some wine and brainstorming
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- Elderly people disliked the behaviour of youngsters already back in the ’60s
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- Half-light. Photo: Pál Berkó
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- Tying in a Socialist style. Photo: Tamás Urbán
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- The photo taken by Tibor Erky-Nagy shows some of the classic elements of the ’60s, yet the ’50s are still strongly present
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- Based on the chairs the photo (of Magyar Hírek Folyóirat) was surely taken in the ’60s, possibly in the buffet of a state institution
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- The chairs help in identifying the age again, though, this time the location is the Kék Madár café at the Ferencz blvd. Photo: Ferencvárosi Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény
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- The essentials of the Kádár-era: a summer house, guests, authority, a bike and some wine
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- The bottles looked lovelier back then
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- All alone. Photo: Katalin Erdei
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- Identity check in front of the Kis Rabló Restaurant. Photo: Magyar Rendőr
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- Seemingly the Borsodi brewery’s Kinizsi beverages are placed on the table at the village event. Photo: Tamás Urbán
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- Debrecen. Photo: Leonóra Mészöly
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- Cultural programme. Photo: Katalin Erdei
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- Old Firenze in the Táncsics Mihály Street
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- Identity check at Dorog. Photo: Magyar Rendőr
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- Those old times when you could drink alcohol in the local grocery
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- Pompadoo champagnes and a Pepsi ad, yet the light beers are celebrated
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- Everyone – well, almost everyone – in 1976 knew that coke could not make you high
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- …unlike shots, those had their effects
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- Traubisoda is being made since 1971. Photo: Katalin Erdei
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- Festival season in Szentendre in 1979, Photo: Tamás Urbán
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- The bars were particularly full already in 1983. Photo: Attila Jankó
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- Csanádapáca in 1983: pub and the inevitable bikes. Photo: Attila Jankó
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- A buffet in 1985. Photo: Uvaterv
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- Except for the furniture nothing has changed on this photo of the railway station of Balassagyarmat in 1987
Copy editor: bm
Source: alfahir.hu, fortepan.hu
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