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Belgrade sound map - Lu​č​ki život Savamale - Life on the Piers of Savamala

from ImprovE 2​.​20 Sounds of Savamala by improvE 2

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Pa da se razumemo nešto svugde u svetu lučki radnici su radnici koji su ipako onaj, i što se tiče obrazovanja i što se tiče, hajde neću da kžem intelektualnog dela i svega, to je bila struktura ljudi koja bila zaposlena i koja je radila i obavljala poslove, to su dakle bili teški fizički poslovi. Pored istovara i utovara brodova, to su bili i ljudi koji su radili na brodovima, bilo je tu i kapetana bilo je tu puno ljudi koji su bili rukovodici različtih mašinskih odeljenja ali je uglavnok gro bio naroda koji su bili fizički radnici i koji su obavljali te prljave poslove kako na brodovima tako i priliko istovara. Drugo tu je bila ranžirna stanica dol, tu je bila luka, sve što se odvijalo odvijalo se na brodovima koji su dolazili tu. Vagoni su bili gde je sada ta Beton hala, gde je sijaset novih, da ne kažem baš restorana, to nisu kafići to su već restorani baš onako u pravom smislu. Tu je bilo pet, šest dizalica, tu se sve odvijalo tu je bio magacinski prostor, da li je to bio vagon pa se istovara, da li su to bili brodovi, pa je išlo iz vagona u brod ili iz broda u vagon u zavisnosti od posla i u toj Beton hali su bili magacini gde sve to lagerovalo. Posle istovara tih vagona, vagoni su bili prazni i tu je stalno lokomotiva manevrisala, stalno dovlačila nove vagone i odvlačila stare vagone. I te vagone često gurnu pa idu sami, mi smo se kešali na te vagone vozili smo se na njim, često su oni išli od Beton hale pa maltene smo išli do starog mosta, koliko smo se vozili. Oni lokomotive zalete pa gurnu vagone pa onda po pet, šest il desetak kao kompozicija idu, mi se kao deca zakčimo i kešemo se i vozimo se i to nam je bilo jedno veliko uživanje, jeste bilo opasno, branili su nam, čak je i polocija intervenisala, nisu nam dozvoljavali ali smo mi deca kao deca to koristili... Tako da je to bilo izuzetno dinamično. Samim tim svi ti radnici koji su tu radili koristili su sve ove kafane da sednu da popiju da se osveže, mnogo puta često i da se napiju, posebno što je Kasina radila danonoćno, uvek je bilo žive muzike, to je važilo i za Promaju na obali i tu se odvijao noćni život pre pedeset. šestdeset godina u Beogradu na mestima kao što su Brodarska kasina i Promaja, Posavina nije, ona se zatvarala kao i Galeb i Livno. E tu se odvijao noćni život ovih prostora, da kažemo eto Savamale i tog nišeg dela Beograda da se ne izrazim mnogo ružno, ali je tako.

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Well to be clear, not to be offensive, but everywhere in the world the workers on the piers are, especially when it comes to education and all,they were working-class people doing very difficult labor jobs. Apart from the ones loading and unloading ships, there were people a lot of people working on the ships, some of them were also captains and heads of the engine rooms, but most of them were labor workers who did these dirty jobs both on the ships and during the unloading. Also there was the classification yard down there, there was the port, everything that happened, happened on the ships coming there. There were freight cars where that BetonHala is now, and now there are a number of new objects,not only cafés, but also restaurants in the real sense of the word. There were five or six cranes and everything happened there in the storage area, whether it was unloading the cars, or the ships. Things were moved from cars onto ships or from ships into cars, it all depended on the type of business andeverything was stored in that BetonHala. After unloading, the cars would be empty, and there was a pusher car always bringing in new cars and pulling away the old ones. And those cars were often pushed and then left to roll on their own; we would hang from these cars and ride them, very often they would roll from BetonHala almost to the Stari most (Old Bridge), that’s how far we went. The pusher would gather up speed and then push the cars and they would roll in line of five, six or ten as a composition, and we us children would jump on and hang from them, and this ride was great fun. It was dangerous and forbidden, even the police came, it wasn't allowed but boys would be boys… So the place was very dynamic. Because of this, all the workers visited the local pubs and restaurants to have a drink, often to get drunk, especially with Brodarskakasina working day and night, there was always live music. The same goes for Promaja on the river bank. This was the night life in Belgrade fifty – sixty years ago, in places like Brodarskakasina and Promaja; not in Posavina though, it used to close earlier just like Galeb and Livno. And this was the night life in this area, in Savamala and this so to say lower part of Belgrade. I’m trying not to be rude, but it is.

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