An account of my experience of life since my birth, focussing on years when something specific happened, which impacted my life and my future

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

 6th May 1936.  My younger sister Jean Margaret was born at 23 Coptfold Road, Brentwood, Essex UK.  Coptfold Road is now a multi-storey car park !  I have memories of nightmares, in which I woke up and was scared of the reflection in the  mirror across the room, presumably a dressing table.  Then someone came and hung a blanket over the mirror and I was OK.  I also remember going to Woolworth's in the High Street, and I couldn't see over the counter.  I remember talking about the coming baby's little fingers and toes!  These are memories of my life as a four year old before the Second World War.  My Dad started as a nurse at Brentwood Mental Hospital in 1928, two years before he was married to my Mum in June 1930.  I 've got a picture of their wedding, so I'll look for it and post it soon.

2 comments:

  1. Your memory is outstanding! You are remembering things 83 yrs ago! Wow...just wow!

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    1. I can remember 83 years, but not yesterday!

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