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What’s your earliest memory as child and what age

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yggdrasil Sun 05-Jan-20 09:35:59

The earliest I remember was being pushed downhill in my pram, with 2 people holding the pram. The faces were large and blurred, but they must have been my parents.
I was in hospital twice before I was 4 and I remember a lot about it. I could draw you a plan of the bungalow we lived in until I was 4, when my sister was born and we moved to a bigger house. In other words, I have loads of memories of being two or three .

harrigran Sun 05-Jan-20 09:34:03

My first memory is of wearing a siren suit to play in the snow in the garden, my father built a snowman copied from a little Cornish pixie ornament that he had. I must have been under two as my birthday was in May.
I also remember the big pram with the drop down bottom section and wearing the white leather harness, my elder sister clipped me into the pram in the sitting room and then left the room shutting the door.
Next vivid memories are of being about three years old, I am wondering if some things are so unusual or traumatic that they stqy with you for life.

Grannybags Sun 05-Jan-20 09:24:43

Moving to a new house and running around opening cupboards. Found a little cupboard in the kitchen with a gauze door (for cheese?) which fascinated me. I was 3/4

Anniebach Sun 05-Jan-20 09:20:29

watching the coal trams passing the bottom of the garden going up to the tip. We moved to,another part of the village when I was 3 so before we moved.

Esspee Sun 05-Jan-20 09:14:56

I can remember the coronation on TV, I would have been 4 and our house was full of neighbours as we were the only ones to have a TV.

midgey Sun 05-Jan-20 09:07:09

I can remember sitting on a land rover bonnet in a field beside the road waiting. Apparently we were waiting for the queen to drive past! I must have been three or four!

TrendyNannie6 Sun 05-Jan-20 09:03:39

I can remember my first day at school which was just before 5 I couldn’t wait to tell my mum n dad what I had been doing, can remember drinking revolting milk from glass bottle that was slowly thawing out in front of a roaring fire, and the teacher saying milktime, I can still recall the taste, lol and the old wooden floors and desks with the tops that lifted up, the inkwells and the pens, the very small toilets across the other side of the playground, and me in my long pleated skirt n jumper and haircut resembling a basin on my head lol