Memories

When you search the corners of your mind what is your earliest memory?

When you start looking back it’s amazing how many memories surface. Research shows that our memories begin as early as the age of two and a half so what can you remember? Grandchildren often prompt memories with their curious questions. My grandson is fascinated when I walk down memory lane. He recently asked me if there were planes when I was a child. Cheeky!

However, my earliest memory is of driving down to Brighton on holiday. Our car was a shiny Singer with a running board and huge headlamps. It was quite modern at the time but we still had our milk delivered to the door by the milkman with his horse-drawn wagon.

So do you remember when your family got their first television? We got our boxy TV with a 9in screen in 1953, presumably so we could watch the event of the year, the then queen’s coronation.

We also watched children’s TV with programmes like Andy Pandy and Muffin the Mule with his very cross friend Peregrine the penguin and those incomprehensible friends the Flowerpot Men.

What about your school days? Did your cry on your first day at infants? Who was your best friend in secondary school? Were you good or a bit naughty? I remember skipping on the brand new floor in the assembly room. The teachers were not amused!

Why not take your own trip down memory lane and email me with your musings to include in the next issue. I’m sure other members would be fascinated to read them. 

Janet Donin