I am a christian, Wife, mother and grandmother ,I am also a retired nurse. I began writing after retirement and write about life and experiences.
Saturday 22 February 2014
Memories of childhood
It was Monday morning and I was seven years old, my brother Peter was ten.
It was breakfast time, I was having jam and bread sandwiches. I hated them they went all soggy in your mouth.
My Mum had gone to work, my Granny was in the cellar possing the washing. Peter was sat at the table eating his breakfast, he'd covered the table with his jam and bread and was reading his Beano comic at the same time. I was sitting on the floor by the coal fire, I had moved the fire guard because I was cold.it was warm and I felt sleepy. Suddenly Peter jumped up and knocked the ribbon out of my hair, I looked in horror it was all burnt. He shouted 'Granny, Heather has set herself on fire'.
My Granny came running up the stairs and gave me a wallop round my head.
'I've told you before about sitting too close to the fire, and who moved the fire guard.'
I ran upstairs crying, I spat out the jam sandwich,'so their'I wiped my mouth with my hand and then wiped it on my dress.and there was jam all over it.
My Granny came upstairs and started shouting at me.
'And look at your dress you'll have to change it.come on or you will be late for School'.
I scowled, I heard the door bang, that was Peter off he wouldn't walk with me, he didn't like me I don't Know why he bothered pulling my ribbon out, he didn't like me.
I set off to School, dawdling up the road, making sure I didn't tread on a nick or I'd be buried in a brick. I got to School and it looked really quiet, perhaps I was early after all. I went toe the toilets which was in the playground and played around, then I went to the school to see if it was open.Yes it was, so I went into the cloakroom and hung up my coat. Then I played swinging round the coats, when I heard a shout
'What are you doing in here, you should be in class', shouted the Teacher.
'But I thought I was early', I said
'Early, I think not, School started an hour ago.get to your class at once'.
'Yes Sir' I said and ran out with my head hung down.
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