Childhood memories

disland · 23-09-2008 09:39AM #1

Hi Folks

Just wondering what the norm is for childhood memories?

I have

1 memory from when I was 9
A few from when I was 10
And then more and more for the years following this.

I cant remember anything from before I was 9 - at least I think I cant.

brianthebard · 23-09-2008 09:48AM

I can remember stuff from when I was three.

Varkov · 23-09-2008 09:50AM

I remember back in primary school i used to get shat on by a bird at least once a week. Hasn't happened since then

whiskeyman · 23-09-2008 09:51AM

Do you not remember even snippets from primary school?
First day of school?

I remember stuff when I must have been around 2 or 3... first day of school, and a lot of other flashback moments.

Solarball10 · 23-09-2008 09:51AM

I can remember my first day at school vaguely (I was 4.)

I also have a verrrrrrry vague recollection of jumping from chair to chair when I was 2, falling and screaming my head off...

But my favourite memory was when I was around 7/8, my dad who's a farmer had a cow who had just calved, and she just refused to stand up - she'd been like that for a few days. My mam was gone away somewhere 1 night and he went down to check on the cow, bringing me with him. Anyhoo, still no joy with her standing, she gave a really loud MOO at me, I screeched to high heaven, and - WOOHOO! - SHE ROSE! My proudest childhood achievement, lol!

Quazzie · 23-09-2008 09:52AM

I remember being on a train with red leather seats as a child. My mam later told me that was an English train that I was on aged one and a half.

disland · 23-09-2008 09:52AM

nope. cant remember first day of school. cant remember first communion or any of that.... Always bugged me as to why I cant.

brianthebard · 23-09-2008 09:57AM

Maybe you drank too much those years?

anti-venom · 23-09-2008 10:00AM

disland wrote: »

nope. cant remember first day of school. cant remember first communion or any of that.... Always bugged me as to why I cant.

Don't you have any photos of your communion or any childhood events? Do any of those trigger any memories? Do your childhood friends not remind you of things that happened? You're lack of memories must be really unusual. It always amazes me just how few memories we have of our entire lives.

Wazdakka · 23-09-2008 10:01AM

Varkov wrote: »

I remember back in primary school i used to get shat on by a bird at least once a week. Hasn't happened since then

Maybe your mum was putting birdseed in the hood of your jacket...

_feedback_ · 23-09-2008 10:06AM

I have a couple of memories of Xmas and things like that when was maybe 3/4, but not much.

We moved house when I was six and remember a good bit from there on!

Don't remember much about last Saturday night though. That bugs me, the ouls short term memory mustn't be the best!

whiskeyman · 23-09-2008 10:08AM

anti-venom wrote: »

It always amazes me just how few memories we have of our entire lives.

I think we have loads stored away, but just need them triggered as you mentioned.

I seem to be getting loads of flashback over the past couple of years, especially as I go to places I was on holidays as a child, or meet up and chat to people I knew back then.

disland · 23-09-2008 10:08AM

There is photos but they dont trigger much. I might dig them out next time I'm home and go through them.

Sharpshooter · 23-09-2008 10:09AM

l remember my first day at school and the rank smell of
milk in plastic beakers at the end of that day still makes me feel queasy.
They were PreFabs and boiling that sept and the milk had soured.:(
On a brighter note l remember being brought to Dollymount with Mam and Dad , they also brought a portable gas cooker and pressure cooker containing Cabbage and Potato's and Corned Beef and we sat and ate our Sunday dinner on the beach.l was 5 and when l close my eyes l can go right back to that moment even
visualising the big towels mam brought for us to put on our knees so the plates wouldn't burn us. Sigh!:)

Turd Ferguson · 23-09-2008 10:14AM

I remember when uncle Frank used to come into my room at night...

Roadend · 23-09-2008 10:21AM

sharpshooterH wrote: »

l remember my first day at school and the rank smell of
milk in plastic beakers at the end of that day still makes me feel queasy.
They were PreFabs and boiling that sept and the milk had soured.:(

We used to get bags of milk.

Wazdakka · 23-09-2008 10:23AM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I remember when uncle Frank used to come into my room at night...

NO YOU DONT! If you know whats good for you..

Turd Ferguson · 23-09-2008 10:23AM

Roadend wrote: »

We used to get bags of milk.

Bags of milk? That is just udder stupidity.

delly · 23-09-2008 10:25AM

If anything will trigger a childhood memory, it'll be this picture.

http://stevegarufi.com/toys1.jpg

Earthhorse · 23-09-2008 10:28AM

There was a really interesting article on this in last week's Sunday Times Magazine about a woman who could remember in detail every day of her life from the age of around 8 and even earlier periods in a lot more detail than most of us would.

It talked about how, at around five years old, most children get infantile amnesia. If you ask a four year old about something they did when they were two they'll remember but a five year old won't. Nobody knows why but essentially memories of day to day events essentially get wiped clean at around that age but there are obviously exceptions.

One of my earliest memories is of talking to my mum and teacher (junior infants) about how I had to move school (we were moving house) and how I was worried that the kids in the new school would know joined up handwriting and I wouldn't so I wouldn't be able to follow along.

whiskeyman · 23-09-2008 10:28AM

Roadend wrote: »

We used to get bags of milk.

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Bags of milk? That is just udder stupidity.

I hope you only paid for the milk with cash.
Lots of credit cards got skimmed...

/runs away laughing in a mad cackle...

Turd Ferguson · 23-09-2008 10:30AM

delly wrote: »

If anything will trigger a childhood memory, it'll be this picture.

http://stevegarufi.com/toys1.jpg

:eek:
Wow, that brought back alot...

TheNog · 23-09-2008 10:31AM

When I was 3 my sister and I used to go into our coal shed and eat the coal dust.

At 4 my dad brought me to my first football match and I wondered off. He found me in a house beside the pitch. Apparently I knocked on the door and said 'Can I have some food 'cos my mam dosn't feed me'.

Sharpshooter · 23-09-2008 10:31AM

whiskeyman wrote: »

I hope you only paid for the milk with cash.
Lots of credit cards got skimmed...

/runs away laughing in a mad cackle...

Now yez are just milking it.:p

Saint_Mel · 23-09-2008 10:34AM

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Now yez are just milking it.:p

Another pint sized gag

Taxi......

Zangetsu · 23-09-2008 10:36AM

I don't remember much, substance abuse is a bitch :pac:

Roadend · 23-09-2008 10:36AM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Bags of milk? That is just udder stupidity.

They went sour on the idea after they discovered we used to just hock them in the air and let them burst on hitting the ground

Sharpshooter · 23-09-2008 10:36AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Another pint sized gag

Taxi......

Punny, Not.:p

Wazdakka · 23-09-2008 10:40AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Another pint sized gag

Taxi......

Can we Moooove on please?

I'm sorry..

Roadend · 23-09-2008 10:43AM

Wazdakka wrote: »

Can we Moooove on please?

I'm sorry..

What have you dung!

Turd Ferguson · 23-09-2008 10:51AM

Jesus Christ, what have I started

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