When one was a child, one didn’t

expect there would be a period of

time before they became an adult

and had to wear a suit, that

they’d be happily sitting in a

small living room on a mouldy

sofa, drinking home brewed cider

and laughing at horror movies

whilst attempting to smoke a cigar

they had bought from a wrinkly

grey man who wore a moth eaten

brown suit in an old tobacco shop,

nor having a dinner party with

some lovely vegans and

vegetarians, eating the best

broccoli ever to be eaten and

stuffed pancakes whose texture

resembled that of latex, nor

naming an intruding loft rat

‘Bob’, nor making a habit out of

kissing a handsome brown eyed jazz

playing man, nor having a very

brief stint with Red Stripe beer.

Wouldn’t it be funny if I talked

to some friendly students I have

met and bonded with along my

university journey and made them

reflect on their childhood

memories? Let’s put down the

academic journal, test tubes,

calculator, textbook on the

history of politics or whatever

you’re paying to study, brew up a

big pot of herbal tea and a wedge

of homemade carrot cake, which

recipe you have perfected after

all those many hours spent

procrastinating, and remember when

life was easy: when you didn’t

have to play hide and seek with

the rent man, you didn’t have an

unlicensed TV under your bed and

you were allowed to get married in

the playground with a bouquet of

daisies and dandelions.

What was your childhood teddy

called?

Snowy - he was a giant polar

bear

What was your favourite childhood

book?

Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter

(...and most of her other books

too! The Tale of Pigling Bland,

Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Jeremy Fisher

etc..)

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

Skipping with a skipping rope!

Good exercise as well.

A dressing up outfit you wouldn’t

take off?

Fairy! Of course

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older’?

Fairy...

What was your childhood teddy

called?

Flopsy

What was your favorite childhood

book?

The Icky Sticky Anteater by

Dawn Bentley

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

Luger

A dressing up outfit you wouldn’t

take off?

A knight

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older’?

A knight

What was your childhood teddy

called?

P.T (Don't judge)

PT?

Pink Teddy! I was a creative

child ha ha

What was your favourite childhood

book?

Hamish, The Lighthouse Keeper's

Cat by Ronda and David Armitage

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

40/40 in

A dressing up outfit you wouldn’t

take off?

I’m not sure really, oh yes I do-

I was always a snowflake fairy!

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older’?

Fairy

What was your childhood teddy

called?

Velvet man

What was your favourite childhood

book?

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by

Judith Kerr

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

Family it

A dressing up outfit you wouldn’t

take off?

Robin from Batman and Robin (my

cousin always got to be Batman)

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older’?

About a million things, the first

thing I really remember though

was an actress embarrassingly

What was your childhood teddy

called?

A really big teddy called Walter

What was your favourite childhood

book?

Old Bear by Jane Hissey

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

Handstand competitions

A dressing up outfit you wouldn’t

take off?

A teacher - I have no idea how I

used to manage to be one though!

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older?

A journalist

What was your childhood teddy

called?

Billy

What was your favourite childhood

book?

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by

Judith Kerr

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

Hopscotch

A dressing up outfit you

wouldn’t take off?

A princess!

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older?

A hairdresser

What was your childhood teddy

called?

A dolly called Molly. I lost her

in a shopping centre. She was

replaced by Holly

What was your favourite childhood

book?

Mr Tickle by Roger Hargreaves. We

had to read every single thing to

help us learn to read, even the

ISBN number

If you were to play one of your

favourite playground games now

what would it be?

Off-ground tag

A dressing up outfit you

wouldn’t take off?

Our dressing up box at home was

just loads of old funny clothes.

We had competitions as to who

could come up with the weirdest

outfit

What did you want to be ‘when you

were older?

It changed from Spice Girl to

professional clarinet player to

naval architect to having

absolutely no clue...