Inspiration for Memories Book - the merged thread

morganb

Can you give me some inspiration for my memories book please? I was going to produce one each for my Mum, Dad and the in-laws for Christmas with questions for them to answer for my two boys, so that they find out more about Granny as a child etc. Was going to call it 'Tell Us About The Olden Days'!!

What questions should I include? I would be really interested to read your suggestions and will include as many as possible. Many thanks!

LJD1_2

What a fantastic idea, i'll be following this thread with interest. What about including questions about best christmas memories, who they spent christmas with? what was a traditional christmas dinner, then more general with pets, school memories, hobbies. I'm going to get my two started on one for my parents this weekend.

Good luck and have fun.

Beanietdc

How about memories of their grandparents? I find this question useful as I am trying to trace my family tree... with only one surviving grand parent I have to get as much info out of her as possible!

What about the price of a loaf of bread/pint of milk when they were a certain age... or a bunch of bananas... not may kids now would realise that you couldn't always get them at the supermarket...

A few war time stories might be good to throw in if they are the right age parents/grandparents... what it was like to be a kid during the war/rationing etc.

Picture of them in the "latest" fashions? Bound to raise a few smiles!

Beanietdc

I thought of another one... their favourite sweets when they were young..

lato161105

Well how about a music page i cringe sometimes when i think of some of the music my mum used to make us listen to but it grew on me an now i like some of it:rotfl: :rotfl:

shirleytch

I actually purchased three of these kind of books from Past Times a couple of years ago for my gran and my parents to fill in. My gran has sadly passed away now but it is lovely to have a record of her life. The book is called "The Story of Our Life" - A Grandparents Book. When I have a few mins I will dig it out and give you some of the section titles. Happy compiling - Shirley

lato161105

shirleytch wrote:

I actually purchased three of these kind of books from Past Times a couple of years ago for my gran and my parents to fill in. My gran has sadly passed away now but it is lovely to have a record of her life. The book is called "The Story of Our Life" - A Grandparents Book. When I have a few mins I will dig it out and give you some of the section titles. Happy compiling - Shirley

Hehe i cant wait i've sort of hijacked the idea hope you dont mind morganb going to pik up either 2 nice a4 files or books what do you think

D&DD

What a lovely idea
Adding to what lato said about a music page how about putting together a cd of their music?
My brother had us all in tears at our parents golden wedding when he produced a dvd with just pictures set to music right from before they were married to present day..lovely *sob*...

lato161105

I think i might make one for my daughters 21st so that she can keep it going for her daughter who's now 1 morganb what have you started lol:rotfl: and just for a laff i've got a roses tin from last year that i'm filling with all the freebies i get for her coz she usually nicks any i get so i've hidden it :rotfl: cant wait to see her face in may when she opens it:rotfl:

morganb

I've gone for books but I can see that folders would be a good idea, too, as you can add bits and pieces at a later date - nice idea!

morganb

Lots of lovely ideas here, keep them coming and thank you very much to everyone who's contributed so far!! This will keep my parents busy for quite some time!!!