tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4462302297170404466..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Your first memoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-75419298704800267232017-05-10T07:23:18.036-07:002017-05-10T07:23:18.036-07:00Mum cutting dad's hair. I was standing behind ...Mum cutting dad's hair. I was standing behind her. She *accidentally* cut into the back of his neck with the scissors. I saw the triangular wound spurt with blood. Two.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4972430240155918112017-04-13T18:03:49.622-07:002017-04-13T18:03:49.622-07:00I remember being stuck impossibly high up in the o...I remember being stuck impossibly high up in the outdoor timber racks of my father's joinery factory - probably the equivalent of one storey up - how I got there I don't recall but I do recall the intense panic and bellowing fit to bust until I was retrieved. I would have been 2. I loved to climb up things, combined with a lurid fear of heights. Made for an interesting childhood!MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34514309412010704462017-04-10T01:43:08.628-07:002017-04-10T01:43:08.628-07:00I never saw mother kissing Santa Claus...I never saw mother kissing Santa Claus...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91261655072194628142017-04-09T21:33:43.480-07:002017-04-09T21:33:43.480-07:00I have a memory from when I was 3. Santa Claus 🎅�...I have a memory from when I was 3. Santa Claus 🎅🏻 came in through our front door and shouted ho ho ho and I ran and hid underneath the kitchen table. I remember angel hair on the Christmas 🌲. Mamma and Daddy having an argument in the snow ❄️ outside in the dark. All very strange.Gabrielle Howard Genglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944071372544950237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37021427641205863062017-04-09T09:41:02.781-07:002017-04-09T09:41:02.781-07:00Hm, in our house it was the hot spanish EdT called...Hm, in our house it was the hot spanish EdT called Maja. On the other hand, she kept smoking the worst possible cigarilles, ugh!Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64073877218341555202017-04-09T06:42:25.143-07:002017-04-09T06:42:25.143-07:00Scary!
Also had a memory about that same time of ...Scary! <br />Also had a memory about that same time of seeing my mom rocking me on the front porch at night, with the moon out(as if I was watching the scene) I had to ask her, too (like you did) if I was making it up or if it was a weird memory. She remembered the incident precisely (I wasn't feeling well and it was a warm summer evening) Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33416469882284240242017-04-09T05:53:16.707-07:002017-04-09T05:53:16.707-07:00So did my Mum. I have some perfume-unopenned- and ...So did my Mum. I have some perfume-unopenned- and some EdT spray that I am sill 'using up' after nearly 14 years.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45666888551976476082017-04-09T02:41:47.019-07:002017-04-09T02:41:47.019-07:00Memories of smells are particularly intense if sho...Memories of smells are particularly intense if short-lived. My mother always used Mitsouko.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29069014912827656602017-04-09T02:40:26.500-07:002017-04-09T02:40:26.500-07:00That's similar to mine.That's similar to mine.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22101668203711249592017-04-09T02:39:47.536-07:002017-04-09T02:39:47.536-07:00Not really. I was thinking about daylight.Not really. I was thinking about daylight.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51273839884672602122017-04-08T23:40:55.198-07:002017-04-08T23:40:55.198-07:00Thank you Rachel :-)Thank you Rachel :-)A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84209014052393881212017-04-08T23:15:45.777-07:002017-04-08T23:15:45.777-07:00You suggesting something about me?You suggesting something about me?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6592297363236568962017-04-08T23:14:52.570-07:002017-04-08T23:14:52.570-07:00Gosh, Heron must be old.Gosh, Heron must be old.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-69937408460089340552017-04-08T21:16:21.403-07:002017-04-08T21:16:21.403-07:00I found a Robin's nest in the pocket of an old...I found a Robin's nest in the pocket of an old overcoat that hung in a garden outbuilding. I remember being fascinated. I was probably under 3 years old.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64553128888532524622017-04-08T14:58:28.276-07:002017-04-08T14:58:28.276-07:00This was for certain an interesting topic, Tom! I...This was for certain an interesting topic, Tom! I do say, however ,that sometimes the memories are only half because they are built upon stories and photos. My first memories are all related to smell and so my first is being perhaps three. I visited my aunt on their farm and the black current was ripe and grew all along the driveway. That smell and the sun that day......Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10251260402614419632017-04-08T14:38:28.399-07:002017-04-08T14:38:28.399-07:00Hello Tom: What a great post!
My earliest memory w...Hello Tom: What a great post!<br />My earliest memory was of the crib I was in - the painting on the headboard, and the nightlight on the wall. I think I was three. I often crawled out of that crib. Can't box me in!!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44555503180760833022017-04-08T12:57:51.104-07:002017-04-08T12:57:51.104-07:00Dracula is impervious to idodine, which probably e...Dracula is impervious to idodine, which probably explains why you are like you are.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81458895292980862802017-04-08T11:52:11.217-07:002017-04-08T11:52:11.217-07:00in a Silver Cross...in a Silver Cross...Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9118645782210043622017-04-08T11:15:57.907-07:002017-04-08T11:15:57.907-07:00Fox shit, probably.Fox shit, probably.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-89188370754105460322017-04-08T11:15:02.189-07:002017-04-08T11:15:02.189-07:00That is astronomer-speak. The passage of planets e...That is astronomer-speak. The passage of planets etc. passes through a fixed window called the meridian. If your pram is parked South of the Equator, you can see the Southern Cross.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31315841944395944932017-04-08T09:04:41.376-07:002017-04-08T09:04:41.376-07:00I have three early memories, and I have always won...I have three early memories, and I have always wondered if they are the ones that I kept because there was a strong feeling connected with each one.<br /><br />1. I was in a pram outside a store where my mother was going to buy baby food. She was talking to a relative, which took a while and I remember feeling the strong, warm sun shining on me. It felt wonderful.<br /><br />2. I remember looking at my crib in my parent's bedroom and feeling sad that I was not allowed to sleep in it any more. I was a 'big girl' now and must have just gotten a real bed.<br /><br />3. At an age when I was just able to walk, I was in front of our house wearing knit cream pants and a knit red cardigan with silver buttons. So cute looking, really. I think that I still have a picture of it somewhere. But an older girl from down the street was there and she made fun of my pants for being 'fuddy-duddy'. Although I was so very young, I felt ashamed.<br /><br />My husband has a ton of early childhood memories, and they are all about playing with his twin brother, having fun and having God knows what smeared all across his face.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15154201569292248682017-04-08T08:11:33.991-07:002017-04-08T08:11:33.991-07:00The 'meridian of my vision' is very poetic...The 'meridian of my vision' is very poetic. My earliest memory is of iodine being painted on my legs and screaming. I was young.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53598920923014751752017-04-08T07:46:22.024-07:002017-04-08T07:46:22.024-07:00I was spared ww2 memories. I wasn't even aware...I was spared ww2 memories. I wasn't even aware of the rationing.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71121931420511106702017-04-08T07:43:51.580-07:002017-04-08T07:43:51.580-07:00Would that be two of a pair or four pictures?Would that be two of a pair or four pictures?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44528660359459125702017-04-08T07:32:15.114-07:002017-04-08T07:32:15.114-07:00That was what my husband swears he remembers a dog...That was what my husband swears he remembers a dog fight in the sky above Kent as seen from his pram.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.com