What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put
to a number of 'seniors' asked to start from as far back as they
could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers
are in this unusual book. Topics naturally include their physical
self; their parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, playmates,
teachers, classmates, pets; their manners, training, rewards and
punishments; food; play, toys; likes, dislikes; schools,
kindergarten, elementary; outings, holidays, travel; notable
experiences; dreams, nightmares, pleasures, fears. They were also
invited to give an account of their physical surroundings, their
home, and the context of everyday life, what they took for granted;
and to draw attention to a past in which so much of what is now
common was then absent: TV, cell-phones, ubiquitous motor cars, air
travel. The question was directed to and accepted by people from a
number of countries and with a range of experiences. Several are or
were academics, and the introduction contains some comments on
memory and points to commonalities among the remembered
experiences, as well as differences. But the book is mainly for the
general reader, who may want to ask: what can I remember of my
childhood? - Let me try!
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