Listening to Stories from the Past

I AM the older person in our family , but I remember a lot of tales from my parents and grandparents. I wrote about a lot of them on the other site.

how delightful! i adore hearin' the elderly's tales. one'f my fav's was a sweet lady who was 103 when she passed. i was a caretaker fer her fer nearly 5 years. kinda adopted her into the family actually 's hers didn't wish to spend the time. loved hearin' 'f her travels 'pon great ships, the hardships 'f the depression 'n her 'bunch' runnin' 'round chasin' lawrence welk shows, lol.

I worked in a nursing home for many years. I truly enjoyed talking to the residents there. I love to imagine people as they see themselves inside, as the young children and then young adults that they were.

I always listen to my Mom's stories, she is the eldest in her family and she also tell stories about her brothers, sisters and grandparents. It is interesting to compare the past to the present. Right this morning I was saying to my husband that I regret I did not take note of what ma uncles and aunties said me in the past. Two of my uncles were professional bakers, how I would love to have written their tips and recipes.

I always listened to my Gran her stories of her travels. Now I listen to my Mom, who talks of her Great Gran. When we have family gatherings, my Uncles will also tell of family history. It is fascinating to me, and has shown me how truly blessed we are to lead the lives we lead today.

thats one of the things love doing, the way they tell the story and you imagine every thing they say , in the same places you live in , but you have the chance to see it in a different time and view , it adds to your thinking a new prospective of life i had the chance to meet some but wasnt long enough to hear much ,

I was the listener in my family, but sadly have not written down or recorded much. I wish I had tape recordings of my grandmother and my first husband's grandmother. Grandma Alta was orphaned early on. Grandma Mable went from covered wagon to jet airplane in her life time.

I had a Great Aunt who used to tell me stories about my family when I was much younger. I really wish I had listened more to her . She was the family historian in our family. I love to talk to older people, mind you I am getting up there now too.

Since all of my grandparents have passed i can only go by what i remember or what my older sibs tell me of certain things.. I wish it was required for all young ones to sit and interview their grandparents..cause after they are gone, so is your past..

@valmnz,Yes,I am one among those who immensely love listening to and reading about stories of and about the past,about our forefathers,their lifestyle,their way of thinking and about how they managed to do things.I love reading history.My favourite channel is 'epic.'This channel tells stories of the past,of great kings,great patriots,traitors,old traditions etc.My elders have related to me stories about my grandfather,great grandfather and how they migrated here,how they settled here and earned both money and respect.....All this is really so interesting.I have already written about my grandparents and also the history of the old house we now live in.

I like to hear some stories from past :)

I like talking to the older generation and hearing their stories of where they were during world war 2. My one relative was in London during the bombing runs, and was telling me about the terror of the explosions and shaking buildings. Just hoping the building she was in wasn't next. I have gathered other similar stories from other people I know, but from different perspectives.

Yes I love it... as a health care assistantfor our elderly folk, I chat and reminisce with them, they love to talk about bygone days ...and like you said you get a glimpse of what life used to be like.... From people with many different backgrounds...

yes, stories of our elders contain their experiences. So always very useful for present youth generation.

i have noticed one thing and that is the younger generation is not much into discussing their past. But when seniors meet. The conversation normally starts with 'Remember?.................

The first thing that I find very essential and worth mentioning is one has to be a listener. As I grew up, I always loved listening to stories of the past from my grandparents. Eventually, when I grew up, and got to have a small association with an Old Age Home, I spend hours visiting them and listening to their stories. Somewhere I do believe that the stories from the past definitely play a role in shaping up your today - the way you are, the way you think and lots more. I have had a thought of writing down the life as I see it but to be honest, I have been hesitant believing there is/would be no one interested. As I read your post, a positive thought comes to me that so what if no one would be interested in reading mine, at least I will be happy reading it someday in future. Let me think about it and maybe I will give it a go

When those kind of things are lost, it's sad. I wish someone had recorded grandpa and great grandpa's stories before they were gone.

I love to listen to stories from older people, especially if they were int he war or the great depression. The things they learned to do and survive!

That sounds like fun, I love listening to other people's stories although I don't do it very often nowadays x