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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Memories (share them)
« on: March 31, 2015, 02:29:40 PM »
So... In my old house when I was 4 or 5 years old I remember planting a conker in the back garden. Over time it grew into a healthy little sapling, but when I was like 9 years old we moved out of that house, though we occasionally visited the place to collect mail and things.
Well, when I was about 11 we noticed that the tree had been ripped out of the garden, and though it was only a tree, it quite upset me. Some bastard had killed my tree. Well that sat at the back of my mind for nearly 20 years. Then, few months ago I visited England and went for a walk round my old haunts showing my wife where I grew up and stuff. We took a walk by my old house, and there on the side of the road were hundreds of conkers all over the footpath. I don't remember them ever being there when I was a kid so the only conclusion I can come to is that they hadn't killed my tree, they'd moved it into street. That was weird... 20 years thinking my tree was dead and it was there all along on display, creating many a game of conkers for new kids in the neighbourhood... How wrong you can be...
Well, when I was about 11 we noticed that the tree had been ripped out of the garden, and though it was only a tree, it quite upset me. Some bastard had killed my tree. Well that sat at the back of my mind for nearly 20 years. Then, few months ago I visited England and went for a walk round my old haunts showing my wife where I grew up and stuff. We took a walk by my old house, and there on the side of the road were hundreds of conkers all over the footpath. I don't remember them ever being there when I was a kid so the only conclusion I can come to is that they hadn't killed my tree, they'd moved it into street. That was weird... 20 years thinking my tree was dead and it was there all along on display, creating many a game of conkers for new kids in the neighbourhood... How wrong you can be...