I used to believe that the news reader on TV in the 80s (Lenon Parkin I think her name was) was called Lemon Parker! She came on the TV and mum asked me in front of others "who's she" and everyone laughed and I didn't know what was so funny!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the news readers on TV could see us and i'd make funny faces to try to "distract" themAnon
- I used to believe that putting lemon juice in yours eyes could lighten them.Anon
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- I used to think that the police didn't know that we called them coppers behind their backs!— Chris
- I believed Walter Cronkite knew everything, that's why they let him do the news.— Dixon