My parents told us that the "child catcher" from "Chitty chitty bang bang" drove Pickford trucks so to shut us up on long car journeys they would tell us they could see one in the distance. for years Pickford drivers would see 5 small children all hiding between the card seats being very quiet.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- That the "Childcatcher" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang would come up the toilet + catch me while I was on it.— Kat
- I thought when the Big Bang happened it made an actual bang noise— Catte
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I used to think that fire trucks and ambulances drove all the way back to the station backwards.— Tim
- I used to believe that semi trucks were cement trucks, and that actual semis were just big trucks.— Joe Schmoe