The life of the past in Tercinod, a hamlet of Gignod

Life in small towns, in a time not so remote, was very different from what it is today. Some elderly ladies of Tercinod, which is a fraction of Gignod, remember how, when there was still no television, people gathered in the largest stables, in the evening, to chat and exchange experiences. At one time people led a more social life, because survival depended on the community. In Tercinod the inhabitants had gathered to buy a mill, where they could grind wheat to make flour, but also barley and oats to feed the animals. In each family there was a cow, and often also a sheep because its wool was used to make clothes, and was also dyed. The children only went to school for a few months, because the rest of the time they had to go past the cows and sheep, helping the adults. All this has changed a lot after the war, and in the perception of the older population there is the feeling that, in the end, it was better before.