03-02-2023, 08:10 PM
Wasn't quite sure where to post this thread but thought it might provide a starting point to a visit, so ............
Radio Sintonia:
My father, Victoriano Pérez bought the boat, "El buen Jesús" from the Machín family of Puerto del Rosario in 1936. "The war broke out and he couldn't release it. He kept it in my house and four years later, in 1940, he was able to go fishing with him. He went out to sea and lived there until he retired at age 65. My great-grandfather, grandfather and brothers also lived from the sea." It is told by Mela Pérez Pérez, daughter, granddaughter and sister of fishermen from Pozo Negro, a small town located between the Atlantic Ocean and another ocean, the lava of Malpaís Chico in the municipality of Antigua.
With Mela we go through the oral history of the town marked by the presence of the sea transmitted to him by his father, now deceased. Thus, in his story he evokes El Correíllo or the sloops anchored in the bay, unloading goods or waiting to load what the island produced at all times, barrel, lime, wheat or barley, depending on the time. Pozo Negro was one of the first ports on the island and as such was operating until 1920, "then it was passed to the Castle and later to Las Salinas," he says.
From the important economic past of Pozo Negro survive its buildings. The old warehouses of merchandise stand out, nowadays converted into houses with white walls and blue doors, where families from Antigua or Puerto del Rosario spend the summer months. "See that house with high?" - Mela points out - "that was the house of the fielato", place where they charged for the entry of goods to the island. "There were up to two at the same time" because the people in the village were many, "says our interlocutor, who figures in 11 families living at the moment in the town. "The rest comes and goes, depending on the time of year," he concludes.
Stranded at the door of Victoriano's house, facing the sea, 87 years after that 1936, "The Good Jesus", despite the ravages of time, remains as a witness to the future of this quiet fishing town of Fuerteventura, rocked by the waves of the Atlantic Ocean and protected by the lava of the volcano.
link to article for pics
Radio Sintonia:
My father, Victoriano Pérez bought the boat, "El buen Jesús" from the Machín family of Puerto del Rosario in 1936. "The war broke out and he couldn't release it. He kept it in my house and four years later, in 1940, he was able to go fishing with him. He went out to sea and lived there until he retired at age 65. My great-grandfather, grandfather and brothers also lived from the sea." It is told by Mela Pérez Pérez, daughter, granddaughter and sister of fishermen from Pozo Negro, a small town located between the Atlantic Ocean and another ocean, the lava of Malpaís Chico in the municipality of Antigua.
With Mela we go through the oral history of the town marked by the presence of the sea transmitted to him by his father, now deceased. Thus, in his story he evokes El Correíllo or the sloops anchored in the bay, unloading goods or waiting to load what the island produced at all times, barrel, lime, wheat or barley, depending on the time. Pozo Negro was one of the first ports on the island and as such was operating until 1920, "then it was passed to the Castle and later to Las Salinas," he says.
From the important economic past of Pozo Negro survive its buildings. The old warehouses of merchandise stand out, nowadays converted into houses with white walls and blue doors, where families from Antigua or Puerto del Rosario spend the summer months. "See that house with high?" - Mela points out - "that was the house of the fielato", place where they charged for the entry of goods to the island. "There were up to two at the same time" because the people in the village were many, "says our interlocutor, who figures in 11 families living at the moment in the town. "The rest comes and goes, depending on the time of year," he concludes.
Stranded at the door of Victoriano's house, facing the sea, 87 years after that 1936, "The Good Jesus", despite the ravages of time, remains as a witness to the future of this quiet fishing town of Fuerteventura, rocked by the waves of the Atlantic Ocean and protected by the lava of the volcano.
link to article for pics