Describe a " sound " from my childhood.
This is a bit tricky as I have no idea where it comes from or why it stirs me so much...except to say that in Holland there were many times there were Street Carnivals
But WHENEVER I hear a band coming down a street ( which is very rare now) I get the biggest lump in my throat and I have to do everything to stop from crying and crying.....unfortunately I get the same feeling whenever I hear the whistle or horn of a Train Not the local ones of course.....we said goodbye to all of our Dutch Family when we left Holland by boarding a train...which then took us to Schipol Airport In Amsterdam there were no Family there....Gosh if I'm really honest if I see the Interstate Train pull out and I'm standing on the Station and sense the emotion of some people saying goodbye...I get another lump in my throat.... even if I don't know a soul on the train. A bit weird did you say. as Brendon was YES !!!
My favourite sound is the sound of a bird...Particularly the Magpies. We lived in Forrestfield on ten acres we had no running water no electricity and apart from a battery operated radio that only went on at times.....all we could hear was the wonderful sounds of nature. Which I loved.
My 2nd most favourite sound is the Ocean.
For some reason though a Crow always takes my mind to a Cemetry. And seeing I live next to one and there are many crows around I don't even need an imagination.
I can remember walking back from school while still in Holland and being very young, I heard a Tank coming up behind me.....it scared me so much....I guess in some ways it was still early days after the 2nd World War
Many years later one of my very first jobs was working as an assistant Nurse in St John of God Maternity Hospital ( nursing was not the job for me!!! ) anyway I was on Evening duty and I heard a trolley coming down the passage way but could not see it and I was transported back to me walking down that lane and hearing the Tank behind me...I experienced the same fear.
Now as an adult though and I didn't appreciate it as a child...I adore the sound of children laughing
oh yes I loved the Speedway...I went a few times with my Dad and loved the roar of the cars...Surprised !!
So where are you getting these ideas from, it's a great way to recall childhood? Do you mind if I copy? xxx
ReplyDeleteSo much I don't know about you. Didn't know you ever worked in a hospital or that you kissed corrie in the dark. There's a whole lifetime before I was even born.
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