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Questions to ask · School days · for your Grandpa

Were you a good student, a clever one, or a cheeky one?

Why this question matters

School stories are safe ground: easy to start, often funny, and full of names and places you have never heard before. They are a gentle way into bigger memories.

Ask it on a quiet afternoon, give time for the answer, and write down the small details. That is where the story lives.

  1. What did you do in the summer holidays?
  2. What was the naughtiest thing you ever did at school?
  3. What music, films or radio shows did you love as a boy?
  4. What is one thing you learned at school that you still use today?
  5. What was your school like? How did you get there each morning?

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Keep Grandpa’s answers in one book.

This is one of the 100 guided questions in Tell Me Your Story, Grandpa. Every page has room to write the answer by hand.

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