Stories from your childhood

watching tv in bed with the bottle of Lucazade beside you while everyone else was at school, the joys of being sick when young eh?

 

 

I was just thinking about my grandmother, who passed away last November at the age of 96 and thought I might share this little story, which is one of my most cherished memories of her.

She took me on a trip to London for a week in 1973. I was ten years old. My Granny knew London like the back of her hand, due to the fact that she had three sons living there and went over quite often.

She took me to all the usual tourist attractions, Buck House, Madame Tussuad's, The Imperial War Museum etc. But the one that I remember most fondly(although I didn´t understand the significance until years later)was when she brought me to Highgate Cemetery. In we went and toddled around until she found what she wanted to show me. "This,Robert, is the burial place of Karl Marx, the father of socialism".
Me being ten years old I probably replied "Uh?"

I just love that little memory of me Granny, a die hard socialist til the day she died.

Nice Memoiries Robbie

 Nice memories, Robbie.

 My little fella is nine and my hubby took him to London this year to visit the sights also. He took photos of the day at  the various places of interest and has them in a small album now...I suspect he'll revisit those memories too, someday.

Did anyone of you guys go up Nelson's Pillar?

I remember my Da takin us into the city and he and my brother went up but I was scared, don't like heights, and they loved it.

Obviously this was prior to 1966 when it was blown up.

Nice one Pat.  Often heard people around Dublin call someone a 'right baluba'.  never knew where it came from.

Yes Pat, I was once at the top of NP, also didn't like heights, still don't. Never had the nerve to go all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower, Gallerie Lafeyette was enough.

I also remember calling each other " ye big ,hairy Baluba ye" when we were kids. Conversely enough, I used to have to vist Zaire, Katanga province, on business during the 1990's. The Baluba I met were really great guys, no animosity but I never brought up the "incident" with them.

For once I'm too young to remember either Nelson's Pillar (just saw photo's ) or Balubas.

Not very often I'm too young for anything so I thought I'd do a bit of bragging while I can.

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That has reminded me of a funny story. One of my older sisters gave me a shiling one time to go out to Sutton picture house and tell her date that she was sick and coulden't make it. The real reason was that she wanted to watch the last episode of the 'fugitive'.        & nbsp;  I'm sure he knew but as I was only a kid what could he do. He He He I dont think she went to the grove but I know she went to easons  ??? and Palm Beach ( old country club )

me too ......love feeling young again