tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post1004303603839263883..comments2024-03-24T23:03:59.140+11:00Comments on GeniAus: Who wants memories?GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-50196776199149171842015-10-11T09:42:05.924+11:002015-10-11T09:42:05.924+11:00Thanks all for your thoughts on this. From the int...Thanks all for your thoughts on this. From the interest even the older grandchildren show in my blog posts I'm sure someone will get a get a giggle from things I have recorded.GeniAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-23375837907886687862015-10-11T01:09:09.030+11:002015-10-11T01:09:09.030+11:00Jill, My mother kept diaries for years (over 20 ye...Jill, My mother kept diaries for years (over 20 years at least). When she passed away in 1996, my sister wanted to throw them all away, but I wouldn't let her. Now they are coming in very handy for my family history blog - and I even used them in an article I wrote for my work's bi-monthly magazine (she was a union rep, so had lots of interesting issues she had to deal with). MaureenfromAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02769558400100794381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-36106042695565096202015-10-08T00:48:45.093+11:002015-10-08T00:48:45.093+11:00Susan has wise words there! I admit in the recent ...Susan has wise words there! I admit in the recent move I eventually became more ruthless and tossed my work diaries. Still lots of fodder for my hoarditis in the memory boxes though. Will they survive my passing off this mortal coil? I don't know. Now we all own so much stuff it devalues the inheritance I think whereas in decades/centuries past, most ordinary people had fewer belongings and so anything that was inherited was more likely to be treasured.Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-80345873274237775432015-10-01T21:08:55.022+10:002015-10-01T21:08:55.022+10:00To answer your question "Yes - I will leave m...To answer your question "Yes - I will leave memories behind". I now regret so much throwing out a lot of my childhood/teenage stuff just prior to my marriage - a new stage of my life etc and we were moving into a small flat. So out went my favourite childhood books that I had kept for a long time, school reports, teenage diaries and two scrolled photographs taken of the whole school - the only ones I had of that period in my life. Forty years on, we moved again, and it was time for another de-cluttering - mainly of ornaments and examples of my mother's craftwork. But at least I could photograph them and still have a record. I have a big memory box in the loft with drawings etc from my daughter's childhood - and now of my little granddaughter, and did retain programmes of concerts I have been involved in over the years, newsletters/annual reports from my work and newspaper articles I have written. The big question is what will my daughter do with them when the time comes! I have little in the way of photographs and memorabilia relating to my father's early life which is so sad. I did not think of writing down my own memories of growing up until I joined Geneabloggers and responded tho their various prompts which I have now compiled in "I remember when........". Yes - memories are important! ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-42071508335994864482015-10-01T09:05:01.875+10:002015-10-01T09:05:01.875+10:00Jill, before tossing your scanned ephemera, do a q...Jill, before tossing your scanned ephemera, do a quick check on eBay, as there are many collectors of vintage tickets, programs and other ephemera. You just might own a few valuable items in your collection! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571708568089106073noreply@blogger.com