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Too many to choose from, but fondly remember the 1960s at primary school, "Listen with Mother" on the big radio each afternoon, quiet time with our arms crossed and our heads down on the desks as we were told to do. Also discovering the sheer joy of books, including my favourite Enid Blyton "Faraway Tree" series.

Always getting cakes fresh from the bakery when we’d visit my Nan as she worked there

going on family holidays with all the family
camping out in our tents
going for long walks visiting the beach, spending days getting up to mischief

Sitting on the sofa in the living room with my Mum and Dad and two sisters watching Take Your Pick with Michael Miles with the fire blazing in the hearth and watching the patterns on the ceiling that the flames made through the old fire guard

We used to eat tinned spaghetti and called it worms. While gardening me and my younger sister found some worms and put them on a spade. As my Mum came out to see what we were doing my sister was just about to eat the worms thinking they were the same worms we ate as spaghetti.

Going on holiday in a caravan with my parents and grandparents. We enjoyed such happy times making sandpies and burying my dad's legs in the sand. Such carefree days.

My favourite memory is riding in the seat on my dad's bike. The seat was attached to the cross bar. It was metal and had places for my feet. Sitting in it I was held safely between my dad's arms. When my mum was in hospital for a long time he took me to nursery every morning and collected me every night. When I was older I would pester my mum to let me go to the end of the street to meet my dad from work. He would stop, let me climb into the seat and then we would ride down the street together.

My sister was in hospital a lot as a child so I was mostly looked after by my gran because obviously Mum & Dad had to be with my sister. One of my favourite memories is that gran would take me to the local pub on the banks of the canal and she would sit and drink a guinness while I sat on the edge of the canal with my glass of pop and watched the canal boats drifting by

Long hot summers staying in my Nan's caravan. We decamped as soon as school broke up and returned during the week before we went back to school.

My favs childhood memory was growing up next to the sunny seaside of Tenerife and moving round different locations with the army and spending special daily memories with my mum ❤️

Also U.K. holidays to caravan parks before technology took over ❤️

Baking butterfly cakes with my Mum, she had to work a lot and even though she must have been exhausted she would always bake with me on her days off. Butterfly cakes are still my favourite

my mam and dad reading me bedtime stories from my favourite book

Sitting in a private side carriage on an old fashioned train (you know, the kind with the long corridor running along outside the private carriages?) with my gran, a picnic and a bucket and spade, on our way to the seaside. I can still feel the excitement, joy and anticipation of the wonderful day ahead and I can still see her lovely smiling face as we sat close as two peas in a pod as she stroked my hair and gazed out of the window...

Going for weekend walks along the North York Moors with my dad and family friends David and Pete.

Knowing that money was tight, we never expected much for Christmas. I will never forget receiving a simple wooden wardrobe that my Dad had made and painted and some clothes inside for my dollies. The clothes were made to measure by my Mum and Grandma and included a couple of dresses, tops and skirts and knitted cardigans. The simple joy makes me smile even now.

My Dad teaching me to ride a bike

Guarding the bonefire in the weeks leading up to bonefire night to make sure people didn't steal your fire wood

I loved meal times. Everyone talking excitedly over each other. Lots of energy and lots of love!

Visiting my grandparents when they retired to Cleveleys, I thought it was such a wonderful place and my nana always made the best food and baked delicious cakes

Going to my Nanna and Grandad's house. My grandad used to do the steal your nose trick with his thumb which I loved. He used to also give us the little boxes of smarties for a treat.

My Dad taking me to the park and pushing the swing

I remember a family trip to see the lights and Southend. I must have been about three because it all seemed huge and the colours were magical.

Holidays on Hayling Island

Camping with Guides and dad visiting and buying me apple pies for a midnight feast! I'd love to find out about my relatives. Nana had a large family of 11, most of who we didn't meet as they were the naughty ones (the men then!) and Dad's side were older than him and he was 10 years older than my mum so we didn't get to meet most of them and I know there are some interesting incidents that need investigating.