![]() ![]() Rather, sharks come to Majorca, which have got lost and are already on the verge of being exhausted. Yes, in Majorca there are cases where people saw a shark. Honestly? I would be more afraid that I would step on a piece of plastic stuck in the sand in the water than that a moray bite me or eat a shark. Especially since the water in the sea in Majorca is crystal clear and everything can be seen. However, I don’t think there is anything to be afraid of. There are many dangers in the water here. However, when I was on Majorca on vacation, I had a small accident with sea urchins on the rocks, in the sea. Since I live here I have not encountered any danger. Now, one factory is the Town Hall and the other is a centre for older residents.Dangerous animals in Majorca, of course, also exist. C’an Ribas also had a factory that made blankets. Their workers lived around the area, too. There used to be a shoe factory with the brand 'La Gorilla’ is still sold in Corte Ingles. It was an area for workers to live cheaply in the outer limits, who could take the tram to go to work in Palma. La Soledad is a big area, reaching to the Industrial zone and Ikea, but I live in the old la Soledad!Īntonio: "La Soledad used to be a halfway point for people of Palma to buy local produce without the farmers having to come into the city. A lot of the smaller shops have gone due to bigger supermarkets. As for local places to go such as shops, cafés and bars, people mostly head to Calle de Manacor. Marta: "There’s the nuns school where my children went to school. There are not many other European nationalities living here, but I have German neighbours who recently moved in with their family.ĭolores: "After the crises, people needed to live where it’s cheaper." Today, one street is owned entirely by Gitanos and I don’t have a problem, everyone lives quietly. There was a language and culture barrier between the Mallorquins and the Spanish, although I have always been lucky with my neighbours. There was a community of people from Andalusia that came to work in the hotels. A lot of people arrived from the Spanish mainland. Marta and Dolores remember that the beautiful church was already there when they moved into the neighbourhood.ĭolores: "The area was very beautiful and for families. We used to travel from central Palma to La Soledad by tram." Before then, it was all fields and nature. Everything changes in the nineteen sixties when the tourists came. Mallorca was made of ‘nucleuses’, small villages and towns apart from each other. Molinar did exists, but you had to travel through fields to get there. The people who originally lived in those properties have [passed away and their inheritors have sold the houses to ‘Gitanos’ (as people of Romani origin are generally called in the Spanish language).Īntonio: "I remember the area from the times when La Soledad was a village, separate from Palma. The Polígono (near to where now Ikea is) was only land and a few houses before they started building. ![]() ![]() ![]() In those days, there used to be a lot of farmers and we bought food directly from them. In September, we used to celebrate ‘The Virgin of La Soledad’ and also, San Joan. They came to Mallorca in the 1950s, moved to La Soledad in the 1960s and continue to live there. In order to find out what life was like in this area I took the opportunity of talking to members of my family who know the area from personal experience. ![]()
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