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if you had a chest you could fill with all the things you would want your family to remember about you.......what would you put in it? Knowing that it will be looked at a 100 years from nowxxxx all that famliy.............in years to come.............how lovely that they will see and touch stuff YOU leftxxx

Wondered where this was going for a mo Hays lol I wouldn't have room in a chest, would need a whole room! You know me and holding onto things lol x off to bed in a mo xx night all

i would add my school reports.... my reviews when i was performing.. photos of all i could.... cards birthday and xmas from mum dad and OH and son my stage school uniform(yes i still have it,,,and no it doesnt fit me)lolx home vids(the family kind...puss u have a saucy mind!) and little things that i have held on to for years... sand in a bottle(from portugal)and sea water(it stinks.) a ticket stub............... my tap shoes....ballet shoes..jazz shoes... and above all All my Family History.................................. that my dear best mate gerry did 4 mexxxxxxxxxx

glad you got it babexx going bed now..and hope peeps add to this thread tomozxx Night mumxx

Well, this thread had me drifting off into a dreamworld of yesteryear! I already have a memory chest, an old metal type travelling chest box crammed full or all sorts of personal memories... Photographs, that thankfully my ancestors thought fit to take masses of dating back to the late 1800's photos' of my grandad in WW! at the time engaged to my grandma, Letters home to her from France and belgium... The the same again in WW2 ( yes my poor grandad fought in both) His medals, and stuff from civilian life such as ration books etc Then, when he was injured, letters from him in hospital, and letters from my mum to grandad.. and cards she had made him. More up to date two poem books i wrote as an angst ridden teenager...lol memories of time spent living the life in London , tube tickets reminding me of romantic liasons..train ticket..concert ticket etc Autographs we bagged when scouring Covent garden one night.. Him off the Avengers ( cant remember his name at the mo), Angela Rippon, and that silly bloke off haircut 100 ( Nick someome) Later again, stuff from University Hosp Cardiff and Ely hosp where i did my training.. Then all my stuff relating to my children.. from scan piccies, their christening gown.. cards they have made me, school nativity photos, reports.. etc.. what a trip down memory lane i have just had! :))

It would have to be a large chest because everything would have to go........ School reports & pictures Poetry written by a confused 16yr old Photos of family & friends Baby bits, first shoes, daughters dresses (yes still got after 17yrs),teddies All the stuff I make, cards,scrapbooks etc Letters from family Postcards of my travels Christmas baubles Handbag crammed full of ladies stuff :)) Decorative candles, I love candles. I could go on forever, told you it would have to be a large one :))) Heather x

I have a big chest (yes really ! ) My memory chest is the leather suitcase my Dad travelled with when he was in the Holy Land,during WW2. When opened my Family will find photograph albums of all our Family's early years. School reports, keepsakes (ornaments children bought with their pocket money), and handwritten letters my children made for me,when they were very young. Mau xx

I have a memory box.... contains special things that make me smile..... cinema and theatre tickets, photo's, jewellery I no longer wear! Hope I don't have to pass it over for a very long time!! xx

I don't need a memory chest, I have a memory house. OH and I have lived here since 1980 so it's crammed with photos, knick-knacks etc. But my best memories for me don't need reminders......their always in my thoughts Caz

i already have one!! it's an ottoman(blanket chest) which is very old my mum left it to me!! it's been in the family for many,many years, it has photo's little cushions my daughter made for me when she was a little girl, tapes with my mum and dads and all my kids voices on, all the things ie-: drawings, nick nack bits my children and grandchildren have made for me!! i add to it as i get these things, the kids call it nanies treasure chest!! i will also add names and dates of family members!! Love Helenxx

Em you have some lovely things in that chest of yours!! Letters from your grandad and nan..you lucky thing you!!xxx Reading all your adds makes me think i need to actully get one and start filling it!!xx Haysxx

I am really lucky hayley, my grandparents and great grandparents were lucky enough to have a camera, in the early years of photography.. some of the photos are fantastic.. and yes, they kept allsorts thankfully kept by my mum and passed to me.. not only letters but postcards too.. Oh and lots of postcards for birthdays and christenings.. a common practice during the late victorian era.. they used to commission postcards with your street on and i have one dating from my great grandmother,, 1896 i think.. Its lovely while i have been researching my family tree to be able to put pictures to names.

i'm so Jealous.............xxxxx