I had a book for my birthday called “A 1930’s childhood’. Admittedly only my first four years were in the 1930’s but this book brought back many memories. The author of the book seemed to be middle class, whereas we were working class. As I read childhood games I realised how liberated we were, e.g. roaming the countryside and woods, paddling in streams, climbing trees and going out during the school holidays with a bottle of water and a couple of jam sandwiches, only to return later because we were hungry. My mum’s motto was “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. We were all 7 of us healthy and excelled at school but never wealthy.
Isn’t it great that a little sunshine makes people happy? After the cold, dark days of winter a joy to feel the warmth of the sun and the trees decked in green and blossom. My mother would say ‘God is in His heaven so all’s right with the world’
This may seem trivial but when I was shopping in Tesco a lady in a mobility scooter asked me if I could reach a small bottle of milk from the top shelf, which I did. I felt quite happy that the lady thought I could help her as I am sure she was a lot younger than me.
I must have hundreds of books on all subjects from my first book at Infant School (Amelia Ann Stiggins) to the book I had for my birthday this year. Now I am not knitting as I have run out of things to knit, I have decided to read a book a week while summer is here and refresh my knowledge.
A card from a friend in Georgia to her friend in England: ‘I asked for a flower, He gave me a garden; I asked for a tree, He gave me a forest; I asked for a river, He gave me an ocean; I asked for a friend, He gave me you.’
Marie Cove