Where did you want to move to when you were growing up?

As a family we all wanted to get out of the East End and we did. I love living in the suburbs but I never, ever go back.

I lived in so many places, in England, Europe and Asia, it would have been greedy to have wanted still yet another place.

London.
I was intrigued by the Tower of London, London Bridge and the Thames with all of the beautiful lamp posts. The changing of the guard! All madly exciting to my little self.

I lived in London till mid-teens, Oxford St, Regent St, etc., were close, Selfridges was just a shop

Both sets of grandparents were in the suburbs;and close to the countryside.

I had the best of both worlds, never wanted to live anywhere else.

I used holiday in a rural part of Ireland every summer with my family.
We would see my dad's siblings and their families.
I loved it as a child and planned to live there as an adult.
As I grew into a teen and young adult I realised how conformist and bigoted some of them were becoming and now, as a middle-aged woman I will only go there for funerals and avoid all those relatives at other times.

Loved my home in Yorkshire . I was a keen bookworm and early reader, and when asked by a lady visiting my mother, (in a rather patronising way), where I would like to go when I grew up and would I like to go to London replied "No, I am going to go to Macchu Piccu in Peru, and Ulan Bator - which is the capitol of Outer Mongolia , you know"

I was about 5 at the time and this was a family tale I was reminded of on various occasions. Well I never actually managed to go to either of those places, but have travelled and lived in many other places , so obviously had itchy feet from the start. However , despite having loved visiting many different places , whether living or holidaying, I still love Yorkshire and am happy to be living in North Yorkshire with the luxury of both the Dales and the coast and many lovely places to be able to visit.

Next door to the home where I was raised. East Anglia.

We purchased my grandparents home when we married.

Anglesey

We moved frequently and I was always excited to go somewhere new and explore. My pleasure evaporated with each new school. Being the new girl, who didn’t speak the same or know the same games, was always horrible.

Guernsey. We usually holidayed there when I was growing up and all loved it. I knew that it was impossible to settle there unless born there or a millionaire so I fantasised about marrying a local lad.

Anywhere where I could stay put, not live in a married quarter and not have to move every two years.

It turned out to be the Isle of Wight and I was very happy with that - until I got married and we moved back to the mainland.

The Isle of Wight because I thought it would be exciting to get a ferry every day.
The short time we spent in Birkenhead, needing a daily ferry across the Mersey🎶 made me glad my childhood wish never happened.

I lived in the middle of nowhere in Scotland. Although I loved the countryside and being able to ride my bike everywhere without fear of much traffic, I would have loved to have lived in a town near shops, any town. I now live in London and haven't been in a store on Oxford Street for x number of years!

As a child, I visited the East Kent Coast often. On the way home, I would think that I would like to live there
Now, I do.

I think what we wanted when we were growing up is not necessarily the same as once we became adults.

Chocolatelovinggran

As a child, I visited the East Kent Coast often. On the way home, I would think that I would like to live there
Now, I do.

I'm glad you got your childhood wish Chocolatelovinggran, my heart lifts on the few occasions I go to Kent, its so varied and beautiful.

My parents were from Durham, but Dad’s job had taken them to Harrogate. A family illness brought my Mum back to Durham and I was born in my Great Grandmother’s house. Mum and I spent 3 months here before going back to Harrogate, where we lived for the next 4 years until Dad’s job brought us back to Durham, where I started primary school and have lived here for 71 years. I still love Harrogate and drive down several times a year. For some reason I feel at ease and comfortable there and I know my Mum loved living in Harrogate, just a few years before she was diagnosed in Durham with life changing RA.

I was born in Pakistan, Dad was working there, so I could take nationality which I threatened during a teenage argument with the parents, they laughed!

I wanted to live in London with the women in the TV show
“ Take 3 Girls ”

Boarding school anywhere in the country.