Thanks to the partnership relations, we went to the seaside
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Miroslav Blažek was born on March 16, 1945 in Stradonice, Lounsko. He came from a family of tradesmen, his mother ran her own tailor’s shop before February 1948. Thus, the witness had a problem getting into high school. He graduated from the Railway Secondary Vocational School in Louny - a five-year apprenticeship as a mechanical locksmith with a high school diploma. After finishing school, he joined the basic military service, which he completed in Mikulovice near Jeseník and finished in Mladkov near Žamberk. After the army he started working in the railway depot in Praha střed. Later he moved to work as a machine tool repairer in Slaný, where he worked in the ČKD company. In the Department of Organization and Management Technology he was also in charge of the so called cooperation with other socialist countries, he accompanied delegations from Slovakia, Poland and the Soviet Union. After the Velvet Revolution, he and his wife established a dental practice and laboratory. He devoted himself to hiking, was the head of the Czech Tourist Club in Slaný, organized hiking tours and published brochures dedicated to attractive places in Slaný. He participated twice in the International Olympics of Tourists, which took place in Germany and France. In 2024 he lived in Slaný.
