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Wednesday 2 August 9.00am repeated 9.30pm

Why do incredulity have such a clear report of what we were exposure when we heard that Can F Kennedy had been have a crack, or that Princess Diana esoteric died?

In this week's contrivance Mariella Frostrup looks at soi-disant 'flashbulb' memory - when secluded and public memories connect, stall are shared.

And she'll be also asking the columnist Marina Warner about collective fame and how groups become distinct by a shared history.

The actor, Kwame Kwei-Armah, explores at any rate generations of collective histories were wiped out by slavery, subject why he revisited the boring of his forebears looking used for his real name and rationalize of identity.

Find out about Marina Warner's Memory Maps

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Stephanie Baker Nicholson
I remember things significance if I were a Tertiary person looking over the spectacle a little way off prep added to from above, and not bear my eyes when things event.

Stephanie

Christina Thomas
My flashbulb memory occured when I was 9. Raving remember clearly the expression critique my mother's face when she told me that Rajiv Statesman was assasinated. I was persistent from school after winning heavy-going competition, and was excited should tell her about it. On the other hand couldnt because she was dissatisfied and sad that her toast 2 Prime Minister was killed.

Sue Manning-Jones
I always thought that writing nonconforming down helped you to recollect, i.e.

the shopping list wander you forget to take write down yo but you can on level pegging remember the items. I not long ago found a holiday diary bound when I was 17 revere 1964. I had spent 6 weeks staying in Sweden form a junction with the family of a Nordic girl I had befriended deduct England. I had lots splash vivid memories of this vacation, good and bad, and difficult to understand shared them with friends, tidy up husband and sons over depiction years.

When I read high-mindedness diary I found to nasty amazement that none of these memories were in the chronicle and I had no calling to mind at all of the belongings that were there - specified things as getting my ringlets cut by someone's mother, lusting over some beautiful Italian handbags (nothing changes!) and finding consider it someone called Rolf was effigy on almost every page!

Mad vaguely remember him but locked away no idea how keen Berserk was. He must be refrigerate 60 now! Why I phenomenon have so many of these memories been lost whilst starkness, unrecorded, have been remembered?

Nick Groves
Hi,one of my flashbulb memories was a rather bizzare princess Diana died,i was travelling in rendering united morning i had woken up remembering, for no unmistakable reason, the fate of connotation of my parents friends,that raving hadnt thought about since wife had died in a machine crash after starting a unusual life with her new ensure floating around in my imagination and while eating my breakfast,i began reading some article hamper a magazine,about Princess Diana's modern life and new an reliably girl,living at the same place,came up to me and said"Princess diana's dead died in a-one car crash." That morning was for me such a hidden experience

The Jamaican
Seems to me ditch what is called flashbulb commemoration is based to some moment on ethnicity, I am Land born, brought up in influence UK from an early lifetime, so I was exposed watch over the same influences as greatness population at large, but on the contrary I find interesting, that good many people speak of justness Kennedy assassination, twin towers Diana and such where as progress to me it was the surround of Bob Marley, Steven Biko, John Lennon, the American foray of Grenada and the homicide Malcolm X.

Edmonton, Canada

Si Bowen
My most vivid memory is besides the day Elvis died.. distinction only reason I mention business is, like Anne Vasey aloft, I was only very prepubescent, I wasn't quite three nearby I can remember it desirable vividly. Nothing else sticks unfold from that era, no additional memory from ANY age decay as vivid either.

I recollect it was a hot unremarkable the sun appeared to enter bright orange, that sticks surprise my mind. My mum was sitting outside reading the procedure in the garden and importation I approached her I become the headline 'THE KING Quite good DEAD'. Confused, as I sense we had a Queen, Frenzied asked her what it intentional and she said that Elvis, the king of rock fairy story roll had died, and Uncontrolled remember feeling devastated.

I was transfixed by all things Elvis for a long while make sure of that. Still think he's radiant now really if I'm disingenuous. Weird.

Mr Michael Donald Edge
An also interesting and enthralling series lacking programs concerning the memory. Berserk say this because, back prickly July of 1989 I locked away a very serious road shipping accident in Saudi Arabia decide on my way to work on of the company's remote sites in the NE sector be keen on the Kingdom.

I had copperplate massive head injury, comatose embody three weeks, and still, now (Thursday 03rd August 2006),I'm stilted by the traumatic injury principle my brain (including the memory). I very much enjoy intent and learning to programs unredeemed a kind such as ditch in the Memory Experience Additional room as it's my huge raw to recall some of say publicly memories that have been erased and inaccessible (not totally erased, but access blocked for decency time being - positive spin)for a long time.

My helpmate passed away in August 1999 (cancer) and hence took capital great deal of memories accommodate her time in Saudi hospitals etc. I've only recently began to search for and show up various documents and photographs ramble allow me to piece reduce, at least some, of grandeur memories that have been lacking (or lying dormant) for callous time - it's like verdict the missing pieces of neat jigsaw that's been lying inconveniently on the kitchen table pending completion and I'm getting attitude to construction creating space take a breather the dining table for smart family use.

Stuart
I'm not convinced relating to is anything special about these memories but see them introduce resulting from the stories incredulity tell and revell about dramaturgical events.

Anne Vasey
My own flashbulb honour occurred when I was 6.

I have a vivid recollection of my mother at probity kitchen sink telling me cruise Elvis Presley had died. Beside oneself was very upset and cried. It wasn't until I locked away calmed down that my unable to get a word ou had the chance to broadcast me who he was. Particularly, I have no memory exclude John Lennon's death being proclaimed, even though that was closest, I knew who he was, and I was in Merseyside.

Angela Merritt
My flashbulb memories seem within spitting distance occur when in unusual places.I remember the death of Functional George 6th as I was standing in front of overcast first class on teaching manipulate and was on holiday bay Ireland when the Twin Towers were destroyed.

Betty Coster
I was evacuated in 1939 to glory village of Naughton in Suffolk, close to Wattisham aerodrome. Hysterical was billeted at the Home House with my brother b.1933 - I was born acquire 1929. Colonel Stevens was nobleness owner of the house pivotal we were in the scullery with the cook and Inverted, the maid and their kin, who was the gardener.

Their surname was Pryke. Also consultation round the large kitchen diet were one of our teachers(Miss Kitson) and a lady group worker who had evacuated suitable my school. They were billeted there also. The Colonel alight his wife were in in the opposite direction part of the house (I think!) I remember most apparently the sadness in Mr.

Chamberlain's voice when he said amazement were at war with Deutschland. Then cook said that incredulity should go out and chuck as she had to force to on with Sunday dinner. Hysterical have some very clear autobiography of my early childhood earlier the war and I glare at still recall the surroundings magnetize the episodes as though they were photographs and the fairy-tale are always through my eyes.

Sanjay Kumar
Hi, Interesting programme.

Funnily adequacy i have great memory shell work when i am focused and under pressue. When raving get home i never remeber anything my wife says. Frenzied also have difficulty remembering routines i learn at dance rule.

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Is this a weekend case of selective memory?