My Favorite Childhood Memory is.....
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I remember my first trip to Hawaii. I was 12. I couldn't believe how warm the water was and the air smelled so rich and flowery. That was before Waikiki became a huge shopping jungle. The "sidewalks" were made of boards and every store along the main road sold muu-muus and aloha shirts. I didn't want to go home. It is still my favorite vacation of my youth.
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I remember that I lived on Base in Hawaii and we would go to
the beach and find coconuts. Was alot of fun!
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Trying to find my key for my roller skates
You couldnt lose it, but I had 2 brothers
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footprintsangel - my dad took my old metal roller skate and made me a skateboard out of a piece of plywood! I thought it was so cool....
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We had no money for vacations, so the only thing we did was go camping (old army tent, army cots, army blankets)...my favorite place was Yosemite. Families who camped near each other often shared dinners....it was true "Pot luck!"
After dark, the campgrounds were magic places...lit only by lanterns, and at night we'd go see the Firefall - a group of men would push a huge pile of burning bark off the top of a cliff, and the embers would glow all the way down the granite rocks - I think it was a 3,000 foot drop.
No RVs, no boom boxes, no satellite dishes......just the quiet of the forest at night, the sound of the rushing Merced river (where we'd swim in the icy water during the day), and the smell of coffee and bacon cooking over the campfire in the morning!
Ahhhh.....
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That sounds alot like my family and going to the beach or places
that you didnt have to pay for. We ate spaghetti and macaroni with
hot dogs and alot of peanut butter sandwichs. But didnt think we were
poor. We had each other.
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the best camping is the quiet kind. I used to take my kids camping all the time (I was a single mom). Hopefully those are fond memories for them. I remember when I was a kids we used to go camping. In the morning dew was all over everything - including my shoes that I had carefully left outside the tent so they wouldn't dirty things up. I quickly learned that they needed to be inside the tent, because I didn't like wet cold shoes in the morning!!!
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We loved to take walks on the forrest trails and see the
beauty. I was a Girlscout and loved girlscout camp ever
year. My cookies sold for 50cents, we sat around the fire
and sang at night.
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Such nice replies--I remember we always had aunts, uncles cousins over but on Sundays we woyld have everyone over and my mom and auntwould do all the cookin and everyone was always laughing and always had a good time--we all lived just a few blocks from each other so it was easy walking. LOL
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Thats neat camillegal, Thanks for the memories
I remember walking to the store after Grandpa gave
me a quarter and I got alot of candy then, You didnt
have to worry about little ones walking alone as much
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I love to go and try and clean Grandmas house,
she would alway take me out to lunch and pay me
a dollar, alot then to me
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i am impressed that you guys can still remember..lol just kidding. mine is fishing with my dad and always dropping the net cause i was affraid of the muskie getting into the boat with us. they do have big teeth you know
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I remember going salmon fishing with my Dad. I caught a really big salmon (over 30 lbs) and couldn't get it in the boat myself. He took over the fish and I was supposed to watch the boat. I got so engrossed in the fish that I wasn't paying enough attention to the boat and we almost got caught in the surf. My Dad got the fish in the boat, and I got the boat into deeper water, but he was fairly PO'd at me for not paying attention. I was scared at the time, but in hindsight it sure is a great memory.
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Making a snowman
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Going on a train with my brother to see Santa Claus
I was scared going there, coming back was ok.
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Riding in the car to see the Christmas lights
nothing like now, but we thought so.
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Making sandcastles at the beach and finding seashells
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Seeing my father off to Vietnam and then he brought
me back a cat clock when he got home for 6 months
and left again.
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Walking to school in those black and white shoes that
were very special then.
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Winter: Sledding and playing in the snow. It seemed to snow so much more when I was younger, but it could be a selective childhood memory. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. To this day, I cannot eat that combination unless it's a snowy, wintry day.
Summmer: Too poor for vacations, but spent a lot of time with my cousin Peggy (we're one year and one day apart), walking to my Grandma's, the severe thunderstorms, and eating fruit off the many fruit trees in our back yard.
Fall: The smell of leaves burning, the smell of jumping in the pile of leaves before burning, getting the Sears wi9shbook in the mail.
Spring: A lot of rain, but everything smelled so clean.
Each season had so many memories that even today, the weather can bring back a very vivid childhood memory that I swear is my favorite.
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Alot alike, soup and chesse sandwiches and alot
of the other, we were very poor too. But love
the little things.
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Singing at church camp on the rocks and hearing
the echo. I was like being in heaven.
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Going to the car racing with my dad - Believe it or not!
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Christmas Eve at my aunt's house- she had 7 kids and all the cousins would gather and just enjoy visiting! Unless we got snowed put! Family and cookies' ( and not the Internet cookies😁
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Would sit down for turkey dinner and grandpa would
always carve the the turkey and then would throw the
rolls to the boys, I was the only granddaughter then.
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My parents and about 10 couples who were close friends. They each had a least 4 children per couple. We had days out at a local park where all 40 or so kids would play together, we would play tennis or do tractor rides. 40 years later we still see each other ocassionally and we are all just like family
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Watching my brother in the pinewood derby race,
when the cub scout made their own little race cars.
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Helping my two brothers Andover carry a Christmas tree several blocks on Chicago and up to our second floor apartment while my dad was at work😌
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Letting my brothers have my roller skates to make
a race car. skates were metal
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hunting for Easter eggs in my Easter dress
I was so proud, we didn't have alot of money.
but we each got Easter clothes to wear to church.
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I used to also roller skate with my friends on a Saturday afternoon. It was great fun and no broken bones.
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