I don’t have many memories of my younger life and I really don’t remember this, having a paddle with my Mum. I’m thinking it was taken about 1970, possibly even earlier.
I know I went on holiday with my Mum and Dad, I remember his Reliant Robin 3 wheeled car. I can remember going somewhere with a really steep hill and we didn’t think the car was going to make it up, but it did. I have no idea where it was, maybe Wales, that’s quite hilly?
I remember going to visit his family in St Ives, but I don’t think it was Cornwall. There is another St Ives in Cambridge. I remember a river but not the sea, and we stayed on a golf course hotel which was owned by someone in my Dad’s family. But I’m not sure, and I’ve no-one left to ask.
I also remember a holiday when I was very young and came out in spots in the car on the way. It turned out I had measles and was kept in the caravan for the entire holiday with everyone taking turns to stay with me. The only other thing I remember about that holiday was having a purse full of tuppany coins. (2 pence coins) which I’d saved for the arcade. I don’t remember going to the arcade though.
My daughter saw the Cadbury Ad on television last night where the little girl went into the shop and emptied her purse (Which had very little of value in it) to buy a bar of chocolate for her Mum’s birthday. My daughter made a flippant comment about how poor that family must be. It triggered a memory of me going into the local corner shop with some tuppany coins to buy my Mum a bar of chocolate for her birthday.
And that brings me to the point of this post. In a roundabout way. It was my Mum’s birthday this week. She would have been 93 years old, but she didn’t make it to 80. She passed away on Christmas Day 2008.
There must have been some happy times. It’s just harder to remember now.
What a wonderful photo and memories. It’s funny how we remember some things and not others. I can remember being places as a child but don’t remember where. I guess it’s because it wasn’t important to me as a kid, the geography of things. x
That’s true, it’s the geography, I remember the sea, the caravan, the golf course, even the night we were attacked by a swarm of crane flies, but do you think for one moment I can remember where we were in the Country…nope!
I don’t think buying a present like a candy bar means a child is poor. That may have been the intent of the ad, but I like many grown-ups have memories of saving my coins to buy presents. The Woolworth’s Five and Dime was where I shopped for Christmas presents.
I don’t think saving coins for a small present always means a child is poor. I always bought presents for my mother at Woolworth’s Five & Dime. (We’re talking the 1950’s) I gave her little things like jewelry, corsages, etc. That may have been the intent of the ad, but I didn’t want my father giving me lots of money for gifts – then the present was from him. #MMBC
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what a lovely photo. Even though you don’t remember much, those memories are all beautiful. It is sad that you don’t have anyone around to check the detail with any more.
You’ve got me thinking about what I remember about my childhood and it’s not a huge amount either! I remember a lot from my teens, but not much from when I was really little.
It’s so wonderful that you have photos of your past. I sadly don’t have many of my own, you really ought to treasure these images. Thanks for linking up and for sharing with #MySundaySnapshot.