I remember all of them, plus others, such as playing 'out' all day, only coming home when I was hungry, or when it got dark.
I agree about telling grandchildren: I read recently that the best way to keep social history alive is for grandparents to do this, as parent/children contact is too close history-wise.
Taking this up, over a period of several weeks, I put about 35000 words on paper, firstly listing the years, and adding notes to each as I remembered things. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it was my autobiography, just a lot of very fond memories.
More for the list
Frozen Jubblies
Owning a sheath knife
A book of logorithms in maths lessons
(My first car was a 1937 Morris 8 Tourer.......)
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Only my opinion, obviously, so please don’t shoot me if it doesn’t match yours!
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