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Daniel: Where did you grow up when you were young?
My mother: I grew in Petach Tikva when I was young. I lived on Salant Street and I learned in "Hess School".
Daniel: Tell me something you remember about the city in the past.
My mother: In the past in Petach Tikva there were many orchards and children played among the trees.
Daniel: Do you think Petach Tikva has changed since then?
My mother: Yes, Petach Tikva has changed since then.
Daniel: What can you tell me?
My mother: Instead of the orchards there are many buildings. The city has grown and also our population has grown since then.
Daniel: Thank you.

-Where did you grow up when you were young?
-Voronezh, Russia
-Tell me something you remember about the city in the past
-It was a big city, there are 15 universities,5 theaters and a lot of schools, there are a lot of plants and big streets there.
-Please tell me when you moved and the changes you see
-I came here on 24/5/1999.
The changes I saw were new houses and buildings, the planting of new trees, rebuilding the center of the town and more.

Marina

-Where did you grow up when you were young?
I was born and grew up in Petach-Tikva.
-Tell me something you remember about the city in the past.
I remember Petach-Tikva much smaller than today. There were less buildings and more orchards.
Petach-Tikva looked like a village.
-Do you think Petach-Tikva has changed since then? What can you tell me?
Yes. I think Petach-Tikva became a big city.
It was much better to live in Petach-Tikva 30 years ago.

-Shir S.

Where did you grow up when you were young?
I grew up in Russia.
Tell me something you remember about the city in the past:
When I came to the city for the first time I thought that Petach.Tikva was an awful city and there were no traffic lights.
Do you think Petach.Tikva has changed since then? What can you tell me?
Yes I think Petach Tikva has changed a lot .
I know I love the city and there are many places to visit and enjoy with my family.

From Eden and my mother.

Ofir: Where did you grow up when you were young?
Anat: I grew up in Petach Tikva like you.
Ofir: Tell me something you remember about the city in the past?
Anat: I remember that there were many fields and not so many buildings, Yad Lebanim gardens; we spent a lot of time there.
Ofir: Do you think Petach Tikva has changed since then? What can you tell me?
Anat: Yes, there are many buildings, roads, there are many places to buy things at like "The grand mall", There many schools and courts.

Ofir S.

Meitar: "Where did you grow up when you were young?
   Tell me something you remember about the city in the past.
Pnina: "I came to Petach Tikva when I was three years old. My family and I lived near "Ein Ganim School" and I learned there for an only one    year.
   Later, I learned in "Gordon School".
   At that time, the people of the "Histadroot organization" financed the building of the "Hapoel House" that was a center of the spots activities.
   There was a cinema named "Oron" that didn't have a roof, it was open and on summers I and my friends went to see all the movies.
   In "Oron" my graduation ceremony took place.
Meitar: "Do you think Petach Tikva has changed since then?
   What can you tell me?
Pnina: "Yes, Petach Tikva has changed since then, because at the past the main street was "Hovevey Tsion" we bought all the things we needed    there.
   In the past, there were many orchards of orange trees that I went to them in the spring; today Petach Tikva is an industrial city without trees and    orchards.
Meitar: "Thank you!"

-Where did you grow up when were young?
-I grew up in Bnei Brak I came to Petach Tikva 25 years ago.
-Can you tell me something you remember about the city in the past?
-Petach Tikva was not very developed. The houses were small and the roads were not paved. We didn't even have a playground.
-Why did you come to Petach Tikva?
-I came to Petach Tikva after I married Uri.
-Uri is resident of Petach Tikva and we preferred to live in Petach Tikva because it was more developed than Bnei Brak.
-Do you think Petach Tikva has changed since then?
-Yes, Petach Tikva very changed since I came to live here .There were a lot of orchards but they uprooted the orchards and they built new houses. In addition they built sports clubs, parks, and shopping centers.
-They changed Petach Tikva and it is now a modern city with facilities for everyone in the city.

Gal

Q: Where did you grow up?
A: I was born and grew up in Petah Tiqva.
Q: Do you think that Petah Tiqva has changed since you were a child?
A: Yes, I do. For example, in the past there was only one commercial area and today there are malls, several cultural centers, cinemas and many schools. There was also a growth in the number of the citizens and because of that there was considerable construction of buildings and transportation facilities and infrastructure.
Q: Can you tell me about what you like in Petah Tiqva in the past?
A: I liked to shop at small stores that could always give you what you wanted, and today it is more difficult to find them.

Inbal

Where did you grow up when you were young?
Tell me something you remember about the city in the past.
- I grew up in Petach-Tikva and I remember especially all the fields full of flowers which we picked and loved.
Do you think Petach-Tikva has changed since that? What can you tell me?
-Yes. Petach-Tikva got bigger and not as beautiful as I would like it to be.
Please tell me when you moved and the changes you see.
-I was born in Petach-Tikva and I still live here. The city has grown but not in the way I hoped it would.

Kamah

Noa: Where did you grow- up when you were young?
Eti: I grew- up in Bat- Yam.
Noa: Tell me something you remember about the city in the past.
Eti: Especially I remember Saturdays at the beach. It was crowded. Every Saturday, even at winter time- we went to the beach.
Noa: Do you think Petach- Tikva has changed since then? What can you tell me?
Eti: I live in Petach- Tikva twenty years. In that time, Petach- Tikva has changed a lot. Many more new neighborhoods, a big park- the city has grown.
I don't think that I like the changes. The only thing that is good is "Heichal- Haterboot" of Petach- Tikva. It is a theatre that offers cultural activities and shows for the population of the city.

Noa

Benjamin: "Where did you grow up when you were young?"
Mother: "I grew up in Chernovits, Ukraine."
Benjamin: "Can you tell me something you remember from there?"
Mother: "I remember the beautiful university I was in."
Benjamin: "When did you come to Petach Tikva?"
Mother: "I came to Petach Tikva at August 1991."
Benjamin: "Do you think Petach Tikva has changed since then?"
Mother: "Yes."
Benjamin: "How did it change?"
Mother: "It became bigger and more comfortable.It is also more modern."

I grew up in Azerbaijan.
I was young. It was 22 years ago, and I remember many things about the city in the past like: the city was very big, beautiful and colorful.
Yes, I think Petach Tikva has changed since then, and I moved to Petach Tikva 10 years ago, and the changes I saw was the upgrading of Jabotinsky Street, and the municipality built of the "Hall of the culture" which is a very nice addition to our city.

David

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