I have today received an email from Katy, the daughter of one of my cousins, about researching the family tree.
Among other things she wants to know about her great-grandfather. She is very lucky as she has good sources of memories of Grandad and Nan. For proper memories she could go to her two older aunts who would have been, I think, 7 and rising 9 when he died and should have some good substantial memories. Even better she can ask her grandparents while they are still there to ask - on a good day they should both have plenty to say.
However most interestingly to me her own mother Patsy - just one year my senior, and thus 2 when grandad died - has virtually identical memories to mine of being pushed in her pram, but set identifiably in her childhood hometown of Kingston-on-Thames. On the other hand, from the point of view of adding to her knowledge of family history, I don't suppose the news that her great-grandfather was inclined to take his baby grand-daughters out in their prams will set either the Thames or the Humber on fire.
lizdavies
My gt grandmother used to love taking her gt grandchildren out, including me. Apparently she loved having an excuse to sit and build sand castles on the beach too. Unfortunately my memory is not as good as yours and though I have a generic memory of playing on the beach whilst adults sipped tea (fetched from the beach kiosk near the pier in a jug with proper pot cups and saucers on a tray) I have no memories of gt grandma herself, who died when I was 3.