The first pic was taken in 1990. The year it was taken was the subject of a quiz on the board a year or so ago. I have seen the pictures taken in the 70s (it was I that found them and posted the link), but my memory of Plakias doesn't go back so far.
The village itself hasn't changed a great deal since 1990, but I think it must have changed a lot in the 80s. What has changed is:
There is a lot more development at the back and outside the village.
There is more tarmac. The only road around Plakias that had tarmac was the road out of the village towards Rethymnon.
There are a lot more cars. There used to be more buses and they were full to bursting - a lot of people arrived on the bus with rucksacks. I remember that one morning there were more people than could physically fit on the bus - I don't know whether anyone missed their flight or not. I think the average age of tourists was a lot lower.
There are a lot more parasols/sunbeds. In fact, I don't think there were any at all, but that could have been because it was late April/early May.
There were still some people sleeping on the beach, and in the dunes behind the far end.
A lot of the accommodation in and around Plakias was block-booked by SunMed, so there were a lot of Brits around and most of the rest were German.
The post office was a summer-only yellow wooden hut, about opposite where the souvlaki bar is. It was one of the places where travellers cheques could be changed into drachmas (no ATMs or euro, of course).
You could sunbathe nude at both ends of Damnoni - there was no Hapimag. You could also swim nude at Preveli and anywhere on Souda beach.
Lots of people used to walk through the olive groves to Damnoni and Micro Ammoudhi. These days you can do the walk and not see anyone else walking.
Greecemad
