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Walking down to the local cinema with friends on a Saturday morning to watch the matinees. We were given enough money for the entrance fee & a packet of crisps & sweets. It was great!

my favourite child hood memories were when i used to go out with my nana and cousins on a nature trail in the autumn
where we would look for and collect conckers fairy cups leaves of different colours plus lots more and then make a nature table

Visiting my grandparents at the weekend and listening to my grandad play the guitar.

Outings with dad on Sunday afternoons so mum could have a rest. In the winter we went to museums in London followed by hot chocolate and cake, in those days you could park in London outside the museums. In the summer we would drive out into the country for a walk followed by tea and cake.

Spending summers at the seaside town my Granny and Grandpa retired to. I grew up in the east end of Glasgow and to have the freedom of a small town, the sea and no Mum and Dad rules made for very happy summers!

My Grandparents and my Parents were all farmers, and my, childhood memories were happy ones, spending and playing on the farm, helping or being a pain as my dad would say, i learnt so much and just enjoyed every moment

Sitting with my granny on her veranda, stringing green beans whilst looking out over the garden. It was a case of string 5 beans, eat 1 bean, string 5 beans, eat 1!!

My mum taking my sister and I on the train every Saturday to Kidderminster to visit my lovely funny kind great granddad Ted. And to see the steam train that passed by the back of his house. Very happy memories ? miss them both so much.

Making jam tarts in Nanna's kitchen from her pastry scraps whilst she baked pies and cakes. No matter how I try my pastry is never as nice as hers!

My favourite memory is my Mum reading us stories from Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Always running to meet my Mum on a Friday evening off the work bus because it was pay day and the night I got sweeties !

Laughing with my younger brother and Grandad at the old silent movies. My Granddad having seen them when he was a young boy when they first came out.

Spending time playing with my friends whilst my mum was farm working. Best days of my life. Doesn't happen now a days as farm workers aren't allowed to take their kids to work.

Going to the annual town fair. It was a huge occasion and everyone went. We were each given a small amount of money to spend and there were wildly exotic treats such as toffee apples, nougat, candyfloss and peanut brittle as well as all the rides. It was the highlight of the year, far better than Christmas!

going camping with my dad and mum

Sunday afternoon walks with my uncle - into the countryside where I learnt about birdsong and watched the cows being milked; and down to the harbour to see cargoes being unloaded. An ice cream on the way home.

Watching my gran build a coal fire up in the grate and then holding crumpets on long toasting forks by the flames;eating the crumpets with lots of butter.It is such a comforting memory and I always think of gran when I eat crumpets now,although she always called them pikelets.

My dad was a chimney sweep when I was young and used to take me to the houses with him. I had a plastic pull along dog that I took with me, and I played in the gardens of the homes we visited walking my dog around while my dad cleaned the chimneys. I loved my time with my dad when I was little.

listening to my dad reading me stories. he now reads to the local school kids including my youngest nephew

Going to stay at Mrs Long's BandB in Cliftonville and eating her home made chocolate eclairs

England winning the World Cup in 1966.

Getting our first washing machine, we all sat in the kitchen watching it. I was skipping up and down while the cycle was going on

Going to Woolworths on a Saturday morning with my Dad (Mum was at home doing the housework) and buying hot peanuts for Mum and a bag of broken biscuits to take home and have with a cup of tea

Lots of good childhood memories but trips to the seaside always caused great excitement.

picking the fresh veggies for tea from my nan & granddads back garden. I once picked the tops off the potato plants when granddad told me to get some fresh mint leaves!