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Tell Cadbury about your shared moments of joy with grandparents - £265 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

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JustineBMumsnet · 06/09/2016 12:50

Whether you spent every weekend with them, just saw them occasionally or had on on-the-phone relationship, grandparents are people who often bring back exciting memories from childhood as well as heartfelt moments in adult life - and with Grandparent’s Day coming up, Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons would love to hear about them.

So, whether they’re of being taught how to bake, of sculpturing sandcastles at the seaside or intense games of scrabble, tell Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons about the moments of joy you’ve shared with your grandparents or those you’ve witnessed your children share with your parents.

All those who post on the thread will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £265 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks, and good luck with the prize draw!

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Tell Cadbury about your shared moments of joy with grandparents - £265 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED
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goldenretriever1978 · 08/09/2016 07:35

An oldie but goodie: my little girl baking with my Mother is lovely to see ☺

Lovewhereilive · 08/09/2016 08:10

2 of mine I don't remember but I remember my grandad would give away his last penny, he was so kind. Never slept over as they had about 30 grandchildren!

Snog · 08/09/2016 09:28

My fave photo of my dad (no longer with us) is of him aged 79 riding my daughters tiny tricycle in the garden much to her delight!!

JanieLovesLuckySocks · 08/09/2016 09:37

My grandad was from Scotland and had been in the army when he was younger (WW2). He ran a very military operation in his house and made the best porridge when we stayed over at the weekends. When the porridge was ready and it was time for us to all get up and come down for breakfast, he would blow into this massive shell that made a really loud trumpet noise! It frightened the wits out of us!! Now I have the shell on my kitchen shelf, and my babies get a fright when I blow into it :)

bletheringboys · 08/09/2016 13:23

My grandad was a war veteran, who had been severely injured in WW2, losing an eye and he was also one of the first men in the UK to have pioneering plastic surgery. He liked to stay physically active and was a very keen gardener. He never let his injuries get him down and despite arthritis and the lack of sight on one side, he was the fittest and most able of people. He loved to teach me how to garden, how to wash and wax a car properly and even do the dishes! He would take us to the park, chase us around the garden, play football and took us on holiday to Blackpool - even riding the fast rides with me :)
Sadly, he suffered with depression as a side-effect of war in his much later years and was severely ill for a long time. I spent a lot of my laterchildhood visiting him in hospital. He was a shell of his former self and it was such a sad time. I miss my grandad immensely. My own dad wasn't in my life much at all, and I can thank my grandad for providing me with a sound role model. He was everything to me and I'll be eternally grateful.

UpOnDown · 08/09/2016 13:37

I have very fond memories of going to the nearby beach with my grandparents.

DinosaursRoar · 08/09/2016 13:57

My paternal granny is the one I got my love of baking from, she was amazing and I wish I'd got more of the recipes that were just in her head from her before she passed away. I loved standing on a stool in her kitchen making scones and fairy cakes.

We did so many things with her and other grandmother, but it's the love of baking that has been passed on.

Awoof · 08/09/2016 15:05

A little controversial (but so was he ;) )
But my grandad took great delight in sitting down with me and a copy of the racing post and talking me through all the different bet combinations, horses and jockeys Grin
I'm only small so he always said I'd make a brilliant lady jockey.
Obviously 6 year old me didnt have the foggiest idea what he was on about, but it just felt great to sit and chat to an otherwise quiet man.

MrsBellefleur · 08/09/2016 17:17

My grandparents had a farm when i was growing up so always remember my happiest times visiting in school holidays and playing in the massive pile of corn, driving the combine harvester and having trailer rides behind the tractor as well as sitting podding broad beans to get the speckled beans out.

Astro86 · 08/09/2016 19:05

The first time my (then nearly 90 year old) Grandma used my parents tablet so that we could video call and she could 'talk' to my toddler son. It was so special on many levels: we live at the opposite end of the country to all our family so having that connection was amazing, as was the sight of my Grandmother chatting to her Great Grandson. Mostly watching this woman's awe at how far technology has come in her lifetime was inspiring.

Motherwithflaws · 08/09/2016 19:30

I stayed at my grandparents most weekends, I loved staying there, making scones or a jelly, watching wrestling on a Saturday afternoon and that 321 program on a Saturday night with dusty bin whilst toasting crumpets on the fire and drinking hot chocolate.

Purplehonesty · 08/09/2016 19:36

My favourite memory of my paternal grandparents was going to visit them in north wales. We went for walks on the little Orm, fed chocolate to the robins in her garden and had some strange concoctions to eat - prunes for breakfast anyone?

My maternal grandma is still alive but my grandad is not. He was the one I was closest too. My memories of him are all about his silly sayings and rhymes, many of which we still use now. Very often one will pop into my head at an opportune moment and it makes me smile.
I reel off his poems to the kids and it makes them laugh - I wish they had met him.

gemmie797 · 08/09/2016 21:33

I was lucky enough to make my Nan a Great Nan for the first time. She adored my son & was always telling strangers in the shops about him. She even chose his name. She died suddenly 5 months after he was born so I'm glad she had her chance to meet him

defineme · 08/09/2016 23:40

Going round to the shops in my Nan's village, holding her hand walking along the top of the wall.
Talking to Grandad about all his animals and the day he bought me a kittenSmile

MollyRedskirts · 08/09/2016 23:48

My granddad was magic. He could make pound coins disappear and knock balls of paper through a wooden table. He built the most fantastically detailed model ships and one of my happiest memories was being allowed to paint some pebbles from the garden with the enamel paints he used for his ships. He joined in and painted a pebble for me to keep. I still have it; it has a red poppy on one side and an owl on the other, with my full name and the date painted on in tiny script. Holding it instantly transports me back to being in that kitchen, smelling the paint.

TheDuchessOfKidderminster · 09/09/2016 00:01

KitKats - sorry Cadburys Grin

My grandma always had a pack of them in the fridge. I couldn't even look at them for years after she died but now (25 years on) I really enjoy sitting down with a cup of tea (another thing that I associate with her) and a KitKat, especially now you can get them with proper foil and paper wrappers again.

I obviously have other memories that are more meaningful than that but it is something that provides almost a tangible link to her all these year on.

kookiekookie · 09/09/2016 08:19

We went with our daughters to Cadbury world with their grandparents. It was really good and my old daughter loved being in the Cadabra car with her grandma and grandpa!

kookiekookie · 09/09/2016 08:27

We went with our daughters to Cadbury world with their grandparents. It was really good and my old daughter loved being in the Cadabra car with her grandma and grandpa!

kookiekookie · 09/09/2016 08:29

We went with our daughters to Cadbury world with their grandparents. It was really good and my older daughter loved being in the Cadabra car with her grandma and grandpa!

Madhairday · 09/09/2016 09:00

My grandad worked for Cadburys for 50 years from the age of 14. Some of my favourite memories are him taking us kids to what he called The Chocolate Shop which was a room at the Bournville factory where you could get a load of seconds, and how he loved sharing his Christmas chocolate box with us. He also used to make easter eggs with us and we still have the original cadburys mould from the 1930s. My nana worked for them too and she told us stories of what all the girls on the factory lines got up to. I miss them so much. They both died when I was young but I have so many lovely memories.

CopperPan · 09/09/2016 09:44

My grandad used to sit and help me with my maths homework, he was so patient and used so many different ways of explaining things, and teaching me lots of little shortcut tricks that I'd never have learned at school. I use maths a lot in my every day work and often think of him when I remember some of those maths tricks.

LadyMumble · 09/09/2016 10:45

My loving Grandad was the go to person for removing splinters. He always made me feel so safe, I would often refuse to let anyone else look at a splinter until my Mum had taken me to Grandad. He would sit me down and lovingly tell me a story while he was 'looking at it' and before I knew it he would have removed it without me even noticing. I miss him.

Clarkie89 · 09/09/2016 11:49

I have always had an amazing relationship with all my grandparents, I had 2 sets and then a step grandad so was truely spoilt!

Luckily I still have my Nan, Grandma and Step Grandad with me, so continue to share memories with them and now with my daughter who they love!

I miss my Grandpa terribly every single day but the memory that sticks out for me is helping him in the garden, with the pond, with the flowers, picking tomatoes - just generally being a nuisance but thinking I was helpful! I love that my daughter can now do this with my parents :)

tillyrewhorn · 09/09/2016 13:50

my favourite memory of my Nanna was her handbag! now I'm not just talking about any old bag, it was the mary poppins of bags and she used to have treats galore including cream cakes from the market that day every time she visited. she was the most generous lady and always doting on my brothers and sisters and I. she's been gone for a long time now but i smile every time I hear a wee scottish old lady

starlight36 · 09/09/2016 16:32

My childhood memories of my Nan involve being given birthday presents which my parents thought were frivolous (they were probably right!) but which I absolutely loved. My teenage best memories involve gossiping about boys I liked - somehow less embarrassing with my Nan. My adult memories are of cozy nights in my grandparent's house in front of the log fire watching television whilst sipping some wine and eating chocolates. I was very lucky that both grandparents lived into their nineties and were in good health until the very end.