Mum coming home from a shopping trip.
She held up a blanket that had a flower pattern on it.
I can remember this being on my bed for many years.
It’s hard to pinpoint how old I was, but probably about three.
Submitted by Linda Davidson.
Month: January 2013
My Earliest Memory #204
A bank holiday at the seaside.
And the endless rain.
Aged six.
Submitted by Eileen Castel.
My Earliest Memory #203
Bunches of balloons.
Each one with ‘Happy 4th Birthday’ on.
My brother was popping them.
Submitted by Ana K.
My Earliest Memory #202
Hiding from Mum, with my brother.
I think we’d probably done something wrong.
Broken something.
I remember she sounded angry.
I was 6 years old. Maybe 7.
It’s only 10 years ago, but I remember it as if it was last week.
Submitted anonymously.
My Earliest Memory #201
Me and my older cousin were standing by a fence with a few cows behind it.
He kept throwing rocks at a baby cow, and I wished he would stop.
I was about 2.
Submitted by Morgan B.
My Earliest Memory #200
Watching my Dad shuffle cards.
It used to hypnotise me.
I think the first time I saw him, I would’ve been around 3 years old.
We holidayed in South Wales, in a caravan (he’s told me this, so it’s not part of the memory), and he and my Mum would play cards while the rain batted it down on the roof.
I can recall that sound.
But it’s his fingers around a deck of cards that I think is the earliest thing in my head.
He has arthritis now, so he can no longer shuffle them like he used to.
Submitted by Andrew Brown.
My Earliest Memory #199
The shrieks of the children from next door as they played in the garden.
When I asked my Mum and Dad, they said I could have been sleeping in my room having an afternoon nap.
The family moved out before Christmas that year, so it was probably summer.
I was about two years old.
Submitted anonymously.
My Earliest Memory #198
Crying.
I would have been about 3 years old.
I don’t know why I was doing it. Probably because I’d broken or lost a toy.
Submitted by Claire.