Sunday, 4 May 2014

May 4 - When the music stops don't be the one left without a chair ...my earliest memory.


My earliest memory is my little brother's 1st birthday.
I was about three and half.
There was cake, of course, my baby brother in a saggy cloth nappy and the neighbourhood kids seated around short tables.
I cannot remember if we played any birthday games ;)
It was a b & w photo and I am certain the photo triggers this memory.

I think I remember other earlier times - holding my newborn baby brother as a 2 and half year old but the birthday party stands as most memorable. There are photos of that occasion too on a blanket at the front of my grandparents house.

The photo has caused a lot of sibling rivalry - he said I pinched it from his photo album - I maintain my mother put it in my album.


I can't locate that photo or my albums right now, they are somewhere in a tetris of boxes ...or my brother reclaimed it.

However - coincidentally just in time for today's prompt  my husband found these two photos (amongst other cute and embarrassing ones morning) when sorting through some old files. They were given to me after my grandmother passed away about 11 years ago.



My mum was 22 yrs old.
 They are of the same vintage ...circa 1970. Taken outside my paternal grandmother's home.

I was about 3 1/2 and my brother 1 yr old.

May-Button-Clairey
What is your earliest memory ?

 

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I love old photos, your parents look stunning, your dress is devine...and your brother in brown overalls. Long live 70s fashion.
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I owned a lot of brown things - pink was not an in colour for girls in the 70's. I'm making up for it now .
That dress was one of the nicest I think.
Yellow too ...yellow and brown ick !
Oh, your birthday party memory triggered a birthday party memory for me. Let's just say I did not cope well with losing musical chairs. ;)

I think you're like your mum. She was a beauty. xx
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I am like my mum and my sister ...not established till 1971 .
I love looking at all my mums albums of us as kids. I really, really, really need to get my butt in gear and do one for each of my kids x
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I am guilty too - I must have more than a file for them.
Gosh I can see hints of your boys in your face and smile in that last photo! Such a cute smile from your brother, in his cute brown corduroy outfit! x
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Jos@sewcooklaughlive · 583 weeks ago

What gorgeous photo's!!! You have made me want to dig out the one & only photo album that I have of my childhood.

Jos xx
You are both just gorgeous. What a lovely memory to have xo
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