What are your memories of that favourite gift/present that you have received or given .
When I was very young my father made me a garage out of 2 wooden tomato boxes , painted grey and black.
I didn't have any cars so used offcuts of wood instead. What vivid memories?
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I remember a Christmas morning when I was about 6 and my sisters would be 8 and 9. We came downstairs to find 3 dolls cribs all in a row. Mine was covered in a frilly flowered fabric and had a pointed hood and was on a stand my 8 year old sisters was similar but had a round hood and my eldest sister had a pale blue carry cot style. We were so excited that we pushed them up the road to show a neighbour.My Mum said that she had them made by someone she knew it was the best present I ever got and the only one that I ever remember.
What a lovely present to have for a memory laig
Hi
A gift from my wife .....Three children.
A gift from my children .... Three Grandchildren
Six beautiful gifts stone
lovely ;] being a grandparent is a true gift isnt it ..i love it !..
I agree with you petite.I have two wonderful grandchildren of whom I am very proud
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When in year 2 my son became very upset as they were sewing at school and his eyesight was very poor. He was so frustrated because he wanted so much to make something beautiful. I worked out that his major frustration was that he could not see well enough to thread the needle. I whisked him off to a shop and bought him a pack of needle threaders. He was so thrilled. I still have the little sewing box he made so beautifully with a blue tit stitched on top. His teacher said he was determined to make it all by himself. What love, pride and dedication he showed. I was so proud and pleased for him - I still am.
When my son was about 2 I had a photo taken of him which I had framed. It was such a sweet photo. I sent it to my dad for his birthday. My mother said he cried because he thought it was such a lovely photo. Dad was already ill with leukaemia and always had that photo on his bedside cabinet until he died when Kieran was 7. I don't know if my mother still has it but I was glad it made him happy. 
Alison
Lovely sentimental gifts Alison
My best ever present was my little sister. Dad told me he had a special present for me and lifted me up at the hospital window to see her. I was thrilled to bits. She is now 65. I still love her dearly and she was the best present I ever had.
Bobby
A gift to be proud of Bobby
This got me thinking, King. I considered my husband and thanked my mother in law. Long since gone.
On the chair next to where I am sitting, is a colourful patchwork. For many years, I had a bag of scraps of material left over from dressmaking down the generations going back to WW2 through to when I was sewing for my children and me. I gave the bag to a friend who said she could do "something" with them. So this patchwork full of reminders of clothes worn over the years. Love it!!
My mum used to do patchwork quilts and everyone had stories in them through the old materials annieseed
Over a lifetime I have memories of many special gifts, but one brings back found memories of a lovely lady. In her eighties knowing I liked chocolate she brought me a chocolate orange for my birthday, sadly she hadn't noticed it was out of date. Now every-time I see the chocolate oranges it recalls memories of all the good times we had with each other when she was alive.
A gift of memories katieoxo60
Mine was a hand knitted .A.T S GIRL all in khaki my mother died when i was born dad was fighting in the second world war . My fathers sister traveled from west Yorkshire too Aberdeen to pick me up and the story ii was put on the luggage rack to sleep as it was a 9 hr journey (the racks then were made of a kind of netting) this old lady was knitting socks for soldiers and she made this ats girl some soldiers had the pipe cleaners that was needed . then they had a whip round for me I still have tha doll 71 years on
You have brought a tear to my eye newlands. That really is a gift to behold.
Really didn't want it to sound a sob story kingfisher take care love Dorothyxxx
Just call me a sentimental old fool.
It was during the war and I was about 6. I must have asked for a dolls pram and a neighbour bought me one made of wooden slats. I thought it was fantastic and can still see it even now at 71
A very precious gift which I know you thought the world of Evelene71
When I was 7 my parents bought me a walking doll called Patricia. I loved her to death. One day I tried to brush her hair and some of it fell out. I was dreadfully upset! 
Bev x
I've got a walking doll called Patricia 'The Wife' Bev
I was about 7 I think,& never forgot getting up Xmas morning & finding a bike under the tree from Gramps.Had been wanting one for so long! Turned out he had bought an old one,& sanded,polished,& painted it,to me it was new!!Oh the excitement.!! Xxx
Bless your heart Wendells . Little things always mean a lot
I have manu favourite gifts, too many to mention, but one that standa out in my mind is a little porcelain squirrel that my daughter, (then aged about 8yrs), bought for me from a little sale they had at school to raise money for a charity. She accidentally dropped it on her way home eager to give it to me, and was in tears, but we glued him back together, and I loved him just the same because she had chosen it for me. Bless her, she is 33yrs old now, and we laugh. I still have the little squirrel, and will cherish it forever.
It is always the thought that we cherish sheepdog
Of course, it goes without saying, that the most precious gift I have is 4 children (now all grown up ) and 3 beautiful granddaughters. I feel dreadfully sad for folk who cannot have any, (my sister included), and my daughter went through tough years to have her 2 children. I feel very blessed that I was able to, and I so wish that others could too.
I agree totally sheepdog
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