My first new bicycle when I was about 12 years old. It was dark blue with chrome fenders, a light and a horn. Prior to that, my bikes were always beat up hand me downs.

My grandfather was a gardener at Yewden Manor. In his own back garden he had two low boxwood hedges. As a kid, I used to run between them when the dew was still on them flicking the moisture into the air like a shower. Now, half an age on, I have only to smell rain … Read more

My first baby doll. I still have her. She is over 60 years old. Hair has turned white looks like me!!

I was probably about two years old (around 1949).  I remember being in my stroller.  There were wooden beads of different colors across the tray.

I believe my earliest memory was when I was three or four years old. I had just woken up from a nap to realize that the house was oddly quiet. I went downstairs to check and walked into the small TV room we had. My stepfather was seated with a couple friends. I looked at … Read more