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First memories, names, where it all started.
My first 'words' were probably the usual baby 'babble'..... but my Mum used to tell one story about when I was beginning to string word together and said…
DadI think that this is the easiest question that I have had because I remember asking my mother why I was called James Frederick. The answer was that…
MumI honestly do not remember learning to ride a bike… but I do remember getting my first tricycle. We were up in Alyth during the summer and Dad…
DadWell, this question is easy as it happens to have been an interest of mine for many years. It goes back close on 60 years when as a…
MumMum only ever said they chose my name was because they liked it…... no links to family history at all. The ‘Elizabeth' I think may have been because…
DadCan't say that there was, at least I don't remember being told about anything. What I do know is that my mother was overjoyed at my birth as…
MumYou all know that both Dad & I have both spent much time digging and delving into our respective family histories, and in some instances have things that…
MumThe story I hear about when I was born was that, some two weeks before I was ‘due’ my dear Mum had some bleeding and was whistled off…
Mum'As a child....' covers such a long period of time from when you are quite small to when you are building the interests which may become life long........…
Mum photosIt's really hard to pick a 'best'memory... I honestly had such a very happy, loved and secure childhood. Probably a memory that pulls a lot of those feelings…
Mum'Going to the store’ immediately raises memories of tastes and smells and of the heady sense of empowerment and independence that comes with being allowed, as a young…
MumWell, I know I wasn’t an easy baby…… Mum said I refused to breast feed and she had to switch me onto a bottle. How much that was…
MumI always shared a bedroom with Sheila, in Glasgow, In Whitley Bay and in Beckenham, until Sheila left home and went to Nursing School. I don’t remember anything…