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My grandfather retired and the family split up
José Torreblanca Prieto, Grandson of José Prieto, Lead Concierge, 1936-1948My grandfather retired and the family split up
José Torreblanca Prieto, Grandson of José Prieto, Lead Concierge, 1936-1948
My grandfather worked till I was 12, I think. Until 1950. Then the family split up as my grandparents went to live in a small house they had managed to get in the San Fermín Colony and my parents, my brother and I went to Ciudad Lineal, which is where I still live.
For some years when I visited the Museum I used to say to people working on the door, “You know, I lived here, my grandfather was Head Porter.” As soon as I got inside: “You know, I’ve got a very indirect connection with you which is that in the 1940s my grandfather stood where you’re standing now.”
It was a very family-based childhood with grandparents who spoiled me. We used to call my grandfather Pepe and my grandmother, who was called Juana, we called Mamá Tana.
We were very happy children. Very poor but happy.
Grandson of José Prieto, Lead Concierge of the Museo Nacional del Prado during the 1940s, when he was a child he lived with his family in one of the homes belonging to the Museum.
Interview recorded on February 20, 2018
Interview index
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I’ve lived in the Museo del Prado -
Coal for heating the house -
A normal day in 1943 -
Mother and aunt, copyists in the Prado -
My grandfather, the Head Porter -
The fire alarm in the 1940s -
The Museum’s staff under Sotomayor -
Colourful Goya -
The Paseo del Prado with no cars -
My grandfather retired and the family split up -
Story-telling around the dining table -
Who does the Prado belong to?
Collective
Concierge
María Merino Cabrera
Clerical Support, 1977-2004
Francisco Manso Guerrero
Gallery attendant and Clerical Support, 1966-1991
Theme
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Voces del Prado