Chapters
- What was/is your relationship with your siblings? Has this changed?
- Were your parents strict?
- Remember your first car?
- What’s an achievement in your professional life that you’re proud of?
- What did you want to be growing up?
- Where did you meet your life partner?
- Did you have a nickname at school?
- What are some of the most important elections you voted in? What made them important to you?
- What country that you’ve travelled to has surprised you the most?
- What do you know about your family tree?
- What’s the first major news story or political event you remember living through as a child?
- What fascinated you as a child?
- Have you met any famous people?
- Do you have childhood friends you are still in touch with today?
- How did you rebel as a teenager?
- Do you have any notable ancestors?
- Tell us about a fun school trip you had as a child?
- Have you lived through any wars?
- Was your llife ever in danger?
- Did you go to any youth groups or summer camps?
- What’s the earliest birthday party you remember?
- Did you ever run away from home?
- How did your parents choose your name and does it have any special meaning?
- What are your memories of university/college?
- What do you remember about your family home?
- When did you first fall in love?
- What pieces of wisdom did your grandparents pass on to you?
- Where and when was your first date?
- Describe your father and write one favourite memory about him.
- Have you ever experienced a supernatural event?
- Where are your parents/grandparents from? Do they speak any other languages?
- Who was your favourite teacher and why?
- Do you remember your first job interview?
- What are your memories of primary school?
- Write about one of your happiest childhood memories?
- Describe your mother and write about one favourite memory with her.
- If you could give your younger self advice, what would it be?
- What is your earliest memory?
- Is there anything in life that has made your faith stronger? Or weaker?
- What family values were you brought up with?
- What was the most profound spiritual moment of your life?
- Did you have any serious accidents as a child?
- In your experience what makes a happy family?
- What was your first job?
- What are you most grateful to your parents for?
- How has being a parent changed you?
- What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
Your story – Heather Scott
Where and when was your first date?
When we went to the youth club we used to pair up with the boys but I suppose the first boy I went out with was my friend Linda Lewis’s cousin. When we lived in the cottage Linda and I wanted to hold a New Years Eve party so mum and Connie. Linda’s mum, agreed but we would have to hold it in our house and they would be in the front room. Linda invited her cousin and some of his friends one of which we both liked but Linda told her cousin that I liked him instead so that she could go out with the friend, so I suppose the first person that I went out with was Stephen Reeves, Linda’s cousin. Our first ‘date’ was a visit to the cinema in Cardiff there were a few of us me and Stephen, Linda and Stephem’s friend and a couple of others, the other girls wanted to go to see a romantic film, I wanted to see ‘Where eagles dare’ as did the boys so Stephen and I went to see ‘Where eagles dare’ and the rest of them went to see he romantic film. I remember he wanted to buy me some sweets but I declined telling him that people who eat in the cinema annoy me intensely.
Was it successful? Well, I got to see a film that I had been wanting to see for ages so from that point of view yes, but we only went out together for a few months , I probably wasn’t romantic enough or maybe girlie enough, wanting to watch a war film and declining chocolates. He was too intelligent for me anyway.