My mom never thought twice about expanding on my already vivid imagination. One particular story I'll never forget was one that involved little men who lived in lamp posts, a bit like lighthouse keepers. They controlled the street lamps and on darker days, they were always "around" to protect me on my way home from a friend's house. Their little doors, regardless of the advances in technology, can still be seen on the side of lamp posts.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I believed that fairies lived in lamp posts - their front doors were the little holes where the key fits.— Janice
- We had an antique lamp that I thought was hideous and for years I thought "Art Deco" was a synonym for ugly.Anon
- I used to believe that all Street-Lamps were turned off at Midnight.Anon
- I thought that my Sheriff Woody doll could protect me if I was home alone.Anon
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- I used to believe that there was only one lighthouse in the world and it was at the centre of the earth. Anon