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Memories of my teens

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Greenfinch Wed 15-May-19 18:37:29

Sara65 make this the year you meet up.It is such fun reminiscing about old teachers and old friends.It is surprising the news that can be shared and the old photos people can dig out .

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annsixty Wed 15-May-19 18:15:54

My mid teens to early twenties were very special times, not always of course, but mostly.
That isn't to say othere times haven't been happy they were of course.
But teens are so full of hope, such fun and for me such a learning curve.
I mixed with girls way out of my narrow social class upbringing and I really embraced what I picked up.
It helped me so much in my mid 30' s onwards when our life changed/improved in so many ways.
I will always be grateful for those years and the lessons I learnt

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Sara65 Wed 15-May-19 18:08:06

That sounds lovely Greenfinch

As I said, I’ve lost touch with all but two, one I see often, the other, we email all the time, and always talk about meeting up, but we never seem to get around to it!

I haven’t seen her for over 40 years, but I still think of her as a teenager

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kittylester Wed 15-May-19 18:05:06

That's sad kate.

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Greenfinch Wed 15-May-19 17:57:53

NanKate you are so right about keeping in touch with old friends.I haven't been very good at keeping up with secondary school friends and like you corresponded with only one at Christmas.Three years ago we decided to meet up in Oxford with someone else she had kept in touch with. It was FIFTY ONE years since we had met.I was a bit apprehensive but I recognised both of them straight away and within minutes we were back in those happy days.The next year we met again and another friend from those days joined us and last year we did the same with yet another "old girl" making five in all. I am looking forward to this year.

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Sara65 Wed 15-May-19 16:50:58

Seems like only yesterday I bet!
I only keep in contact with a couple of girls from college days, though I often think of them all, we lived in student accommodation, and had lots of good times, and lots of rows!
One of the girls, was my best friend, the other girl, lived with her family who completely welcomed me into their home, they were to me then, very posh, I loved them all
I don’t see them often, but I’d hate to lose touch

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NanKate Wed 15-May-19 16:35:31

Last week I had an email from the second husband of a friend I had in the late 1960s to tell me she had died after a short illness. We had kept in touch with an annual Xmas email and that was it.

Suddenly my memories of my mostly happy teenage and early 20s have come flooding back as if they were yesterday. She and I, although from quite different backgrounds, hit it off and spent many happy hours dancing, in pubs and generally socialising. I would just love to relive those times.

She met her second husband just a few years back and he only sold up his home and moved in with her just before Xmas and got married this year. How very sad.

It makes me realise time is moving on and the importance of keeping up with old friendships.

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