What is your happiest childhood memory?

[Elisi]

What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?

[Nanto2girls]

Crikey, taking some thinking about this subject.

[Shemadee]

We used to go on day trips rather than away on family holidays. I particularly remember a trip to the New Forest. The sunshine streaming through the leaves and a shallow stream that we were allowed to play in.

[Gemini]

I had a happy childhood. It was a strange one as due to my handicapped sister we never went out as a family, and mum and I only went out when dad was home to stay with her. But still it was all I knew then, and it was happy/
One memory I do have is of Christmas morning waking up, and at the end of my bed sat the thing I desired more than anything in the world, and that FC had brought me!
A black doll, who I named Susan. She was so beautiful, smooth glossy black skin, delightful feeling tight black hair, and an exquisite dress with a delicate organza* apron over. I was in love I still have her but she needs her limbs restringing!

They say I wanted her badly, and they had to go to Leeds to find her, which as we had no car was very kind of them

*I think its called organza!

[Daisy]

We used to go on day trips rather than away on family holidays. I particularly remember a trip to the New Forest. The sunshine streaming through the leaves and a shallow stream that we were allowed to play in.

Shem, that makes me feel very priviledged to be able to do that every single day, and to know that our sons spent their teenage years with the Forest as their playground. It is a magical place.

My happiest childhood memories relate to dogs. When I was about 8 we adopted a bloodhound. I absolutely adored her, but sadly about 4 years later she died in a road accident. About a year later I was sitting on the hearth one cold wet night, reading, when my dad came into the room with a black bundle of wriggly fur. He held the bundle out to put into my arms - it was a Border Collie X puppy. Nobody could ever have been happier than it was in that moment. I enjoyed 15 years with him before the vet gently eased him into doggy heaven.

[Plantaholic]

Difficult as I had a very happy childhood but I suppose it was returning home after being evacuated and my mother had found me a second hand bike.