Primary Echo

I'm afraid we have to travel back in time for this one. The thing is this particular event took place sometime in the mid 1950's, but when exactly I can't say.

I know that I was very little at the time, maybe even about two years old so that would make it sometime in 1954-55.

But it happened, and it left a mark on me that I'll take to my grave.

I was sat on the floor at home, and Mom and Dad were arguing about something, but the arguing turned to shouting, and the shouting turned to fighting, and swearing, and blood. Shortly after the fighting a neighbour entered the room and stopped it, by which time I was just frozen in fear.

I was terrified as I'd never seen violence before, and I'll never get over it.

Parents have no idea how much their behaviour affects their children. Sadly.