tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post7059766437319074730..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The sudden recovery of disturbing memoriesJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-8697168533453229802020-04-17T20:39:51.197+01:002020-04-17T20:39:51.197+01:00It does happen, and I wonder if it happens more as...It does happen, and I wonder if it happens more as one becomes slightly more mature.<br />When I was younger it was embarrassing moments that would suddenly appear in my head - generally things for which I felt I needed to offer some sort of apology or receive, for want of a better word, forgiveness.<br />Now I'm well into my 60s it's the sort of stuff you describe, in the way you describe. <br />I'm hard pressed to give an example, although a recurring flashback is a very frightening incident from when I must have been about 8 involving my being sent down a railway line with a red flag by my grandmother (a signal-woman in a level crossing box) to stop a train of chalk wagons before it hit the level crossing gates. I get vivd moments at the oddest times seeing, hearing and sensing the black 5 just feet from me (although I can't see its number!!). Yes I did stop it.Grumpy of Leicesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525916691999269461noreply@blogger.com