Earliest memory

[Donald the Great]

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My first day at kindergarten. I would not let go of my mother's large flowing summer dress despite the efforts of the kindy teacher.

[George 1978]

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Memories for me start around five, although I do remember nursery school and things like that.

[darren]

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WOW.
DANGEROUS PLAYING THERE BUT HEY THATS KIDS FOR YA.
PRETTY HIGH BY THE SOUNDS OF IT..

I REMEMBER MY YOUNGER BRO AS A BABY ON MY MOMS KNEE AND WHEN I WENT OVER HE DID A LITTLE TINKLE OVER MY FACE.
I WAS ABOUT 9 I THINK.

I think mine was the Queens Silver Jubilee in 1977,so I wouldn't have even been 3 years of age, but I've posted on that before, either that or my brothers and thier friends playing football, on the flat roof of the "coal house" . a Lad called Paul was in goal, not looking behind him, stepped straight off and knocked himself out cold, I was terrified as I thought he was dead!

[scotchmist]

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Have vague memories of being in a child-seat in the back of my parents' Ford Cortina Mk 1 GT as my mother was reversing out of the drive.....turned out to be a really **** car! Must have been around 1966-1967.

[Twocky61]

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I left for school one morning when there was a For Sale sign outside our house. I arrived home to find a Sold sign. I ran back to school & told my teacher in tears they had gone without me. She took me home & my parents told me I was a silly boy. They had only sold the house & not moved yet lol

[amethyst]

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First day at nursery school and crying my eyes out

[Trickyvee]

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Another early memory is standing looking through the bars of my cot, alone in the dark with the curtains open and the white street light shining through the window.

[ayrshireman]

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August 1976, lying on the bottom of a bunkbed looking at the window towards the sun, in a room in Berwick on Tweed, on holiday, this would be round about my 3rd birthday.

[Happymama]

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I can remember being in my pram, and also asking to be lifted into a shopping trolley, in Hillards (remember them?)

Mixed handers have better memories than total left or right handers. And earlier ones. I'm mixed handed (was also called ambidextrous)

[havasack]

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Getting told off for putting the plug in and turning off the old 3 bar fire after coming in from the clinic, just been weighed. probably about 3.

[Biscuits]

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My earliest memory was my mum and my nana taking me in my pram to the local market and one of them bought some cooked ham, rolled a slice and gave it to me to suck on lol. Must have been about two at the time.

[80sChav]

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My earliest memories are cutting myself on broken glass and being taken to hospital. I recall as well too having a Starsky and Hutch Car as a present for my first day at Infants School. What a cool stunning design that car was - a brilliant car indeed

Another memory I recall very very well, as if it was yesterday is the song played for the Thomas Cook Advert - "Do You Know Where Your Going To" being on TV - I think this was about 1982 though i'm unsure exactly what years it was on TV.

80sChav

[LittleBoo]

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My first memory was of sitting on a potty, I kept pulling the fluff off the nearby rug.
Also I remember being bought a pair of red wellies, I liked them so much I wanted to sleep in them.
Well, maybe not sleep 'in' them, haha, but wearing them in bed.

[victorbrunswick]

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I somehow remember my Dad having a Mk1 Cavalier which he changed for a Renault 18 in 1980, when I was 2.

The only other way I have of knowing is my Dad mentioning it & 2-3 photos with it on.

I do have a patchy memory of my Uncle's Austin 1100, I'm not sure how long he had it, but was driving a Mk2 Cortina by the summer of 1982.

Some of my earliest memories of family cars include my Dad's '61 Buick Skylark and the '70 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme which replaced the Buick, my Uncle's Porsche, and my Grandmother's '64 or '65 Toyota Corona (this was long before most people had even heard of Toyota).

[Trickyvee]

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Looking at some old black and white photo's with dad the other day and happened to remark on the wallpaper being shades of brown and white.Dad said,that's right then looked at me strangely then remarked that I would of been too young to remember what colour the wallpaper was.I then remarked on the green sofa which surprised him even more.The picture was from an old house we lived from 1966-1967.We moved out of there when I was 10 months old.I also have early memories of a plastic wind up clockwork duck that used to shoot along the floor.It had a hot peppery taste to the plastic which I must of got addicted to as I can remember going back for another chew/suck on it.It sort of burned your mouth mildly.

My god it was probably a toxic duck! Run of the mill in those days of course.