Anna's childhood memories in Poland
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Anna's childhood memories in Poland
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Creed, Lorraine
Source
Anna Bury
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Lorraine: So you grew up in Poland can you tell me one of the best memories you have of that?
Anna: There is one particular story that stands out I was only three or four years of age at the time, my mother was pregnant again she was busy in the house but allowed me out side to play. I was quit a solitary child playing by myself my mother would look out and check on me every so often. Then she looked again and I was gone I had ran off somewhere. I loved my father and was always eagerly waiting for him to return home from work. My mother searched everywhere in the house and surrounding area with no luck. I believe my mother was hysterical with worry crying not knowing where I was, she even considered going to the police with my photo. Then my mother had a thought that maybe I had gone to the train station to look for my father even though it was a couple of hours too early before he was due home from work but I wouldn’t have known that. My mother headed to the station to look for me while at the same time I was actually strolling around the train station eating an ice-cream having a look in the shops. When she arrived at the station she spotted me straight away because of my jumper. I was oblivious to all this and was opening the shop doors and looking inside then out of no where I got grabbed by the arm I got a terrible fright. It was fine when I recognised my mother but I could tell she was upset as she was cross with me telling me she came to take me home I pleaded with her not to spank me I cant recall if I was punished for it. It must have been such a relief for her to find me and see I hadn’t come to any harm I don’t know how long I was missing it could have been an hour maybe longer.
My mother was later told from some people who had noticed me in the station that day, that I walked into the shop and pointed at the ice-cream and the women in the store made up a cone for me but expected me to pay but I just walked over to a corner and sat down to enjoy it. I think I got away with it because she felt sorry for me because I’m Deaf. They also said I would walk out when a train arrived scanning the crowed obviously looking for my father. The women was wondering why such a young child was in the station alone without my parents I believe there was a lot of people talking about me.
I must have been awful I suppose I was very lucky I couldn’t imagine going through that if my son went missing.
Anna: There is one particular story that stands out I was only three or four years of age at the time, my mother was pregnant again she was busy in the house but allowed me out side to play. I was quit a solitary child playing by myself my mother would look out and check on me every so often. Then she looked again and I was gone I had ran off somewhere. I loved my father and was always eagerly waiting for him to return home from work. My mother searched everywhere in the house and surrounding area with no luck. I believe my mother was hysterical with worry crying not knowing where I was, she even considered going to the police with my photo. Then my mother had a thought that maybe I had gone to the train station to look for my father even though it was a couple of hours too early before he was due home from work but I wouldn’t have known that. My mother headed to the station to look for me while at the same time I was actually strolling around the train station eating an ice-cream having a look in the shops. When she arrived at the station she spotted me straight away because of my jumper. I was oblivious to all this and was opening the shop doors and looking inside then out of no where I got grabbed by the arm I got a terrible fright. It was fine when I recognised my mother but I could tell she was upset as she was cross with me telling me she came to take me home I pleaded with her not to spank me I cant recall if I was punished for it. It must have been such a relief for her to find me and see I hadn’t come to any harm I don’t know how long I was missing it could have been an hour maybe longer.
My mother was later told from some people who had noticed me in the station that day, that I walked into the shop and pointed at the ice-cream and the women in the store made up a cone for me but expected me to pay but I just walked over to a corner and sat down to enjoy it. I think I got away with it because she felt sorry for me because I’m Deaf. They also said I would walk out when a train arrived scanning the crowed obviously looking for my father. The women was wondering why such a young child was in the station alone without my parents I believe there was a lot of people talking about me.
I must have been awful I suppose I was very lucky I couldn’t imagine going through that if my son went missing.
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Creed, Lorraine, “Anna's childhood memories in Poland,” Deaf Lives Ireland, accessed April 27, 2024, https://deaflivesireland.omeka.net/items/show/2078.