Going back in time, exactly a century ago, the 22 permanent residents of Perama could not in any case recognize the Perama of today …
According to Travel Inspiration, it was the beginning of the 20th century when the ancient passage in Salamina with the few fishermen living in the area, was a place of escape for the Piraeus and Athenians who arrived in their carriages for a walk in nature. The wonderful air of the sea and the green and the simple way of life of the few people was the best combination.
But in 1922 the change begins …
With the Asia Minor Catastrophe, refugees from Asia Minor and the Pontus settled in Perama, at the western end of the city, around Fanarakiou Street and Neorion Street, while a few years later, the widening of the main port in Agios Dionysios brought to its shores of the city and the well-known “shipyards” (traditional shipyards) together with the families of the shipwrights.
In 1934 the first oil tanks were built by Shell, in the area of N. Ikoni and two years later the operation of the well-known tram of the city begins. The Perama train connects the port of Piraeus with the Naval Station, and for many years is the trademark of the city. The change is intense for the citizens who until that day were moving with a substandard transport, mainly sea.
In 1939, by decision of the state, Perama is characterized as a tourist area, resulting in its further development. Seaside folk nightclubs and taverns give new life, while a decade later many of the well-known names of folk song of the time such as Zagoraios, Dounias, Rita Sakellariou, Giota Lydia and many others, are hosted in them.
At the same time, many films of the time are being shot. Vougiouklaki, Xanthopoulos, Vengos and others star in them, while in many of the well-known musicals, young men of the city dance with images of Perama and its shipyards. At that time, the “Aura” cinema also made its appearance.
In the 60’s, the great development of the shipbuilding and repair zone brings many new jobs, with the result that a large number of people from all over Greece arrive in the city. With the rapid increase of the population, Perama is now recognized as a municipality. This decade, however, will be the catalyst for the final form of the image of Perama.
The PPA encloses a large part of the beach, cutting off the city from the sea.
And then comes the year of ’77 when the only connecting element of the past with the present ceases to function.
On the afternoon of Holy Monday 1977 the train makes its last route, leaving in the past the carefree and genuine Perama … and at its foot the 60 “old” – brand new Volvo SB 756 green buses with a Greek body by “Sarakakis”, which until 2002 moved the workforce of Piraeus with speed and accuracy and were loved more than any other urban line.
The rapid reconstruction, the modern houses and the intense rhythms of the city of today, do not remind at all what Perama really was several years ago, but they continue to be the dominant elements of a living city of many thousands of people, who with their own in their own way they loved the Perama of yesterday and today and continue to love it at all costs.
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