Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:26:36 +0200https://english.radio.cz/norma-zabka-attending-sokol-new-york-early-1930s-8148031© 2026 Radio Prague International Norma Zabka was born 90 years ago in the heart of what was then the heavily Czech district of Yorkville on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Though now possessed of a soft but distinctive New York accent, she actually spoke only Czech for the first few years of her life, despite the fact her parents had been born in the US. Since her early childhood Norma has been attending a branch of the Czech Sokol gymnastics organisation on East 71st St., which she also headed for over a quarter of century. It was there, surrounded by loads of old photos and trophies in the Sokol library, that we spoke recently. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/zabka_norma1.jpg?timestamp=1590434475 https://english.radio.cz/norma-zabka-attending-sokol-new-york-early-1930s-8148031 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9