tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post6529406990736286959..comments2023-12-03T10:09:34.163-08:00Comments on Some Other Mountain : Where did I come from?Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-48060983683033414812011-09-25T17:31:21.827-07:002011-09-25T17:31:21.827-07:00What a great story, I'm so glad you were found...What a great story, I'm so glad you were found!<br /><br />I grew up living in a cottage on my uncle's farm, so had my brother and cousins to play with all day long in the summer. I remember a cat that had kittens and we followed her and found they were in the hay shed. We had to crawl through gaps between the bales to find them. When I think about it now I shudder to think if the bales had collapsed.Little Blue Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-43073882114805185572011-09-22T22:48:16.086-07:002011-09-22T22:48:16.086-07:00OH Molly, you do tell the best stories. Sounds lik...OH Molly, you do tell the best stories. Sounds like you had quite a fun childhood, fancy all your cousins staying for the whole six weeks. Must have got up to a lot of high jinx......<br /><br />I love the dream about the little girl. Dreams are very interesting, I dream alot to the point of not sleeping well I dream so much, but I don't think I've ever had a dream like yours or one that I could interpret as such.<br /><br />Looking at that milk churn must bring back such alot of memories.<br /><br />Claire :}Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742003349610251189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-39601457321115752752011-09-17T11:19:26.916-07:002011-09-17T11:19:26.916-07:00Posie - Oh yes, I'm very happy about that too ...Posie - Oh yes, I'm very happy about that too :0)Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-54746437075323892132011-09-17T11:16:13.137-07:002011-09-17T11:16:13.137-07:00J - I feel as though I want to put my arms around ...J - I feel as though I want to put my arms around and love and comfort that little girl who was you. Perhaps this was the reason for writing this blog.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-32066159892025183502011-09-17T05:49:29.114-07:002011-09-17T05:49:29.114-07:00Thank goodness they found you Molly, how scary to ...Thank goodness they found you Molly, how scary to be trapped in a milk churn, lovely story. The cousins and family all used to descend on this farm for the same reason, the happy farmer has so many lovely childhood memories of long summers with all of his cousins bedding down in every available corner.Posiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-70944841078255551662011-09-16T17:29:13.160-07:002011-09-16T17:29:13.160-07:00Molly...you are such a darling. You tell these st...Molly...you are such a darling. You tell these stories (that hollywood could make into a best seller in a heartbeat) with such casual ease.<br />Afraid all of my childhood memories are dark...interestingly V.'s are totally different...it's like we grew up in different houses!<br />Whatever the outcome...we CAN and should walk away from all the negatives. Let's not let our past define us? Right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-5390778709884224252011-09-15T18:58:05.561-07:002011-09-15T18:58:05.561-07:00Another lovely post. How scary being stuck in the...Another lovely post. How scary being stuck in the churn.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-83843963281826476032011-09-15T15:03:55.102-07:002011-09-15T15:03:55.102-07:00oh Molly. this is a beautiful story. and I was un...oh Molly. this is a beautiful story. and I was unkempt as a child too. see all that we have in common? happy day to you!Ms. Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775088530495290520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-46009340326573897012011-09-15T13:41:32.833-07:002011-09-15T13:41:32.833-07:00Would love to see that school photo, Chris. I can&...Would love to see that school photo, Chris. I can't remember when this one was taken, must have been sometime in the early 50's. We (girls that is) were all ribbons and plaits then. Not sure where Abercarn is. The photo I'm in was taken at Llandrinio Primary School. It was closed during the 80's but I can still picture the classrooms every time I go past there. The old buildings still look very much the same on the outsideMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-31556299016896405302011-09-15T13:24:58.687-07:002011-09-15T13:24:58.687-07:00I was looking at a school photo of my Mum's we...I was looking at a school photo of my Mum's weeks ago that was so similar I had to double take at your photo (my Mum and her family grew up in Abercarn).<br /><br />Even had a ribbon in her hair...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-31546840929357154702011-09-15T11:25:53.950-07:002011-09-15T11:25:53.950-07:00Life was a lot different then than it is now. Arle...Life was a lot different then than it is now. Arleen, like you say - it was the time before helicopter parents but it was good fun. Well done you for getting it right. The prize is - putting a School photo up and letting us guess which little girl is you :0)<br />Chris - the little girl you picked out was called Margaret. My sister is standing next to her (4th one across)<br />The one you picked, Tom, is called Kathleen<br /> Cro, the little girl you picked is called Anne. She was my best friend in our early teen years.<br />wonder where they are now.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-61175494865549100192011-09-15T06:24:16.997-07:002011-09-15T06:24:16.997-07:00I did pick you out corretly in the picture Molly. ...I did pick you out corretly in the picture Molly. I loved your story. We did get into some trouble when we were younger, didn't we? It was a time before helicopter parents who track their children's every movement. I went out to play at 9 AM, came in for lunch, and out again till about 5. I had adventures, made decisions (not always wise), and had a good time being a child.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-42524964089631172902011-09-15T04:14:36.471-07:002011-09-15T04:14:36.471-07:00now that was on a par with one of Tom's storie...now that was on a par with one of Tom's stories!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-27259862747435095402011-09-15T01:28:08.425-07:002011-09-15T01:28:08.425-07:00Thanks for all your comments - will answer them la...Thanks for all your comments - will answer them later on tonight.<br />Tom - nope. (I'm sitting in the infants chairs right in the front - the one with the shoulder bag :0)Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-2011410723995105522011-09-15T01:24:48.549-07:002011-09-15T01:24:48.549-07:00Third row down, first girl on the left?Third row down, first girl on the left?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-29012869543674227482011-09-14T21:27:32.912-07:002011-09-14T21:27:32.912-07:00I'm going for second child from the left, seco...I'm going for second child from the left, second row down!<br /><br />That's a great story, and a fabulous milk churn. The idea of confined spaces makes me a bit queezy, so I can sympathise.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-7463085683929544492011-09-14T15:27:22.030-07:002011-09-14T15:27:22.030-07:00Oh and btw, is it you - 6th from the right on the ...Oh and btw, is it you - 6th from the right on the second row down?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-84000867299859292102011-09-14T14:37:59.652-07:002011-09-14T14:37:59.652-07:00That's so cool you've still got the churn....That's so cool you've still got the churn.<br /><br />We used to play hide and seek in my friends coal 'bunker' until he got himself trapped in it. I can still hear him screaming (the rats!)...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-36928472281823719602011-09-14T13:20:23.826-07:002011-09-14T13:20:23.826-07:00I remember very clearly waiting outside the bedrom...I remember very clearly waiting outside the bedrom door with my Dad, while my Brother was being born. I was 4 1/2 and wasnt sure why my dad was so excited. When they let us in I remember being rather dissapointed- it was only a baby!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-18984384421973942112011-09-14T13:17:15.094-07:002011-09-14T13:17:15.094-07:00Lovely story, Moll. It reminded me a bit of a cou...Lovely story, Moll. It reminded me a bit of a country house I know which has a large, 17th century oak chest in it, which hadn't been opened for generations. When they did open it, they found the skeleton of a child. Looking up the records of the house, they found a child had disappeared about 400 years ago, whilst playing a game of 'hide and seek'...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-71727680640932617392011-09-14T12:57:51.766-07:002011-09-14T12:57:51.766-07:00What a great keepsake. I think it's a good id...What a great keepsake. I think it's a good idea to record our childhood memories. Kids now don't get to do the things we took for granted. Our childhoods sound like something out of a fairy tale. Maybe it was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682178071645530840.post-69328238378139738072011-09-14T12:47:56.078-07:002011-09-14T12:47:56.078-07:00How fantastic! what a hiding place,so lucky they g...How fantastic! what a hiding place,so lucky they got you out...I loved this blog,it was a joy to read and yes I have dreams too and remembering them is the hardest...I was imagining this all happening as you were telling your story,I am going to tell my grandkids about this at the weekend they will laugh and laugh as we always play hide and seek.carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.com