I used to think that living in a basement flat meant that you lived underground in the dark with no windows or garden
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- I used to belief that mermaids lived in underground drains. Anon
- I used to believe that a morman was a scary person who lived underground(actually called a moleman).— Mike
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- I used to believe that elfs lived in the hedge at the bottom of my garden!!
— The milky bargirl