Earliest childhood memory - Page 2

kestrelx · 23-02-2012, 20:42

This isn't an early memory but thought I'd throw it in - Does anyone remember making carts out of tyres and frames from dissused wheel chairs we used to get from a factory in Oswaldtwistle? Kids round my way used to do it in early 70's don't know if other kids at other areas did it - but I think it was a trend at that time.

mobertol · 23-02-2012, 20:44

My very first memory i have verified with mum but she doesn't believe it's true as it was before I was two and i was in a pram. Getting the train in Accrington and her losing her winkle picker type shoe as we got on the train - she reckons I must have heard her saying it when I was little..

A friend of mine at Uni. swore that his first memory was of blue and white striped wallpaper in his bedroom .his mum thought it was him looking through the gate of his cot which was blue...who knows!

garinda · 23-02-2012, 20:45

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Does anyone remember

Too busy sniffing glue, to recall properly?

claytonx · 23-02-2012, 20:46

Starting school at three years old and playing .stood in a circle, The farmer wants a wife, with Mrs Turner the teacher.The hooks in the cloakroom with all the animals pictures on.

annesingleton · 23-02-2012, 20:46

I can remember being in my pram, a big coach built affair, and pulling myself up with the sides. I can also remember being on my mum's knee having my nappy changed, I can remember screaming and the feeling of absolute fury at being messed with! Not actual real memories but just a quick snapshot with the feelings at the time, not put into context of what had happened before or after.
I have lots of memories from the age of about two onwards which are really clear, the earliest being when I decided to grab a very prickly cactus at my great aunties house in Blackpool to see what it felt like, getting the prickles stuck in my hand and ending up in the hospital casualty!

kestrelx · 23-02-2012, 20:49

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Originally Posted by garinda

Too busy sniffing glue, to recall properly?

Your a basically an ass hole pal!!! You do it on purpose! You Pratt!

garinda · 23-02-2012, 20:49

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

That wiki link in my 1st post could explain that -

"However, adults who had traumatic and abusive early childhoods report an offset of childhood amnesia around 5-7 years old. It has been suggested that this is because stressful experiences can injure memory centers and possibly make it harder to form memories."

I've thought similar things, about my friends who claim they have no early memories. One in particular, who says they have no memories before the age of six. Which was when their parents seperated.

garinda · 23-02-2012, 20:51

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Your a basically an ass hole pal!!! You do it on purpose! You Pratt!

Out with anger.

In with love.

Peace be with you.

walkinman221 · 23-02-2012, 20:57

I was about 2-3 and remember feeding the playschool's tortoise custard creams me and my best mate , who is still my best mate nearly forty years later

garinda · 23-02-2012, 21:03

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Originally Posted by walkinman221

I was about 2-3 and remember feeding the playschool's tortoise custard creams me and my best mate , who is still my best mate nearly forty years later

Yeah, but is the tortoise still talking to you?

That made me laugh.

Think it was because you'd remembered they were custard creams.

Everyone knows tortoises prefer jammy dodgers.

MargaretR · 23-02-2012, 21:05

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Originally Posted by garinda

Yeah, but is the tortoise still talking to you?

Everyone knows tortoises prefer jammy dodgers.

Thanks for the chuckle

Margaret Pilkington · 23-02-2012, 21:08

I also remember sitting on the floor in my grans kitchen and drinking water from the dogs bowl(and trying to eat the lump of sulphur that was in it to keep it fresh)......and being washed in the big belfast sink...with a bar of red carbolic soap.

garinda · 23-02-2012, 21:12

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I also remember sitting on the floor in my grans kitchen and drinking water from the dogs bow

Bet you looked a right silly, little, bitc...er, lady dog.

Margaret Pilkington · 23-02-2012, 21:19

Yes, I remember getting my hand slapped too...so another memory with some pain attached....the sulphur didn't taste nice either.

Wynonie Harris · 23-02-2012, 21:54

Standing at the front window of 3 Broadfield Road, watching fascinated as a big double decker red and blue corporation bus came up Willows Lane and turned down the road. I think it had a significant effect on me, because I've been obsessed with ACT buses ever since and have half a dozen fully liveried models of 'em in my house!