I guess we all got our share of being told stories, over and over again.
Something similar happens with narratives describing places... I take photos on the street and I often come across old people who talk to me about my village as it was many decades ago, it happens so much that I get to have in my head images of yesteryear, which I have never really seen...
This is really interesting and real as well. I am in a similar situation, which postcards. I can remember places before I was born, because I remember the postcards. This is really interesting.
Have a nice Sunday my friend!