The Foreign Residents in the TRNC – TFR
30 minutes with the Secretary
by Ralph Kratzer
Terry and Rose Carr
Another interview in my series of talks with members of The Foreign Residents in the TRNC I had last Friday in the villa of Nevruz “Rose” and Terry Carr in Lapta.
Rose was born in Paphos, South Cyprus in 1938, came to Lefkoşa when she was a child and later went to Reading, Oxfordshire, as a young woman together with her brother in 1958.
5 years later she there met, her later to be husband, Terry.
Terry and Rose have one son and two grandchildren, a girl, 11 years old, and a boy aged 17. In 1999 Terry and Rose decided to relocate to North Cyprus, which is Rose´s homeland.
The Municipality have founded an Association called “ipek koza” (silk cocoon) for sustainable environmental protection.
What are the goals of this Association?
They want to bring back the former culture of North Cyprus generally, and of Lapta specifically, to the Cypriots and foreign residents living in this area.
Former well known handicrafts as e.g. grinding flour, producing pottery or silk lace and many others are more and more fading into oblivion.
An old church near the watermill is planned to be refurbished as well to become a public social meeting point for the citizens where, for example, art galleries, concerts and other social and cultural events can take place.
If you, our readers, have ideas and the will to be part of this wonderful undertaking, please contact Kemal Hüray at the Lapta Municipality or The Foreign Residents in the TRNC (email: tfrnorthcyprus@gmail.com)