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audrey
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Hi
i want to put a memory box to gether for my family apart from the usual things like photos arm bands off my children when they were born and of course my family tree what outher things would you put in
audrey
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casalguidi
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That's a lovely idea that I've often thought about also but never got round to doing.
I still have my ante-natal record for two of my three children, clinic weighing records, school reports and some of their baby teeth. Trouble with the teeth is that I don't know which belongs to who now!
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Steve Ley
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My memory box is large enough to put in my children's paintings they bring home from school, I also put in teeth, lockets of hair, their hospital bands and their party invites etc.
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Little Nell
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Hi all,
Variation on this wonderful idea - my sisters and I put together a "XXXXX rated" box for my elder sister's 50th birthday last year. We gave her a surprise party and this box contained a Book of Memories compiled by her children including letters from people from her past, copies of photos from important events (or some that she would rather forget!). It also contained significant things that she had to take out and describe and give the memory associated with it. So the piece of washing line was to remind her of the time she used mum's washing line to play at being Tarzan - the line broke, dumping her on the hard ground. There were others (but I won't go into those here - every family has its own memories) and she understood every one of them. I can tell you we had a good laugh that day - it was another fantastic memory for her.
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Kazza
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Audrey,
If you are a family with pets, remember to include photos of them.
And of your house and garden.
Kazza
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sjsbc
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Hi,
A friend of mine recently made up a memory book for her daughter who had just left home. She put a recipe on one page and on the facing page a photograph of an event it was associated with.
There were pictures of the family at picnics, barbecues, birthday parties etc. The recipes made a real book of memories in more ways than one.
I thought it was such a super idea, I still use my Grandma's Lemon cake recipe and remember good times with her helping to bake when I was a child.
I guess memories can be saved in many forms.
Sue
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Kazza
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Sue,
That sounds a lovely idea, I have a Bara Brith(Fruit loaf) recipe that has been passed down my family, it is good to keep these things.
Kazza.
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