I saw a WordPress tweet today with writing ideas as inspiration for new and returning bloggers. Today’s prompt was “What’s the first memory you have?”. Forgetting is one of my super powers, I have a terrible memory, but I do have one particular childhood memory that stands out. It was of an Early Learning Centre toy set called Big Builder, and I loved it.
Now, I’m not sure it was called that exactly, I mean, I was about four years old or something like that, but this article by Retro Squirrel details the original version that I had. Above is a picture of it in all its glory. 🥰
Despite my shocking memory, I can still remember so much details about this. The seam in the plastic moulded nuts and bolts, the thickness and weight of the boxes, even the texture of the brackets. It’s a real joy to see my favourite toy as a child in such high quality because it exists purely in my memory. I think my original set was passed on to another kid for them to enjoy.
I was always an inquisitive child, one that liked to take things apart to see how they worked, to the extent that my grandad ended up nailing my cot together to stop me from unscrewing the bolts and collapsing the sides. I have plenty of stories about my antics from my parents, which I’ll save for another time.
Ever since those early days, I’ve built things. Whether it’s the big builder above, Lego Technics as a boy, building my own toys with my grandad in his shed, building websites on the web, or carpentry and building work with my dad, it all stems from these colourful plastic pieces.
As earliest memories go, I think this is a good one.
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