Antonín Mikšík

„Workmen coming back from work would stop by for a beer, so we used to call it Čtverka, meaning the fouth factory hall. As it was aside from the city, cut off the park, it was all quiet and nobody complained. We used to enjoy various music events and so on. That would not be possible in the centre. So we used to hang out there. After I came back from the military service, I used to go there for almost ten years. It was not about getting drunk, but rather having a chat, about music and all. Then we exchanged various samizdat and underground recordings, some materials to signs from VONS, Several sentences and so on. It all happened there.“

“In 1983 I went to Žabčice to a music event. The first year in 1982, when I was still service in the army, it went all fine. In 1983 it was also allowed, but two hours prior to the beginning they banned it. There were crowds of people and the police chased us back to the train with batons. Along with my friends we went to Brno and went to the pub Střelnice. A meadow, sun, we played guitars, it was simply cool. All of the sudden tons of police cars arrived and policemen with batons and dogs without muzzles; they began beating us. I was also beaten by a police dog. It was pretty rough. That was my very first clash with reality.”