memory lane
Where recollections stroll
Memory lane is an imaginary place representing cherished recollections of the past.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in take a trip down memory lane or walk down memory lane, meaning to reminisce fondly about earlier times: Looking through old photos, we took a trip down memory lane.
Involuntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
reflection · reminiscing · retrospect · recall · keepsakes · scrapbook · photographs · mementos
Recalling past experiences
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- hiraethBittersweet ache for lost home
homesickness · reverie · melancholy · bittersweet · golden · bygone · old-time · vintage
Those from whom one descends
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- legacyWhat's passed down
- predecessorsThose coming before another
family tree · roots · lineage · traditions · old country · homeland · immigration · elders
Outdoor area at school
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- recessPause in activity
- classmatesStudents in same course
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
friendship · innocence · games · neighborhood · treehouse · bicycle · lemonade stand · hide-and-seek
flashback
Involuntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
storytelling · reflection · reminiscing · retrospect · recall · keepsakes · scrapbook · photographs · mementos · souvenirs
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
hiraeth · homesickness · reverie · melancholy · bittersweet · golden · bygone · old-time · vintage · retro
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
predecessors · family tree · roots · lineage · traditions · old country · homeland · immigration · elders · grandparents
schoolyard
Outdoor area at school
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- recessPause in activity
- classmatesStudents in same course
homework · friendship · innocence · games · neighborhood · treehouse · bicycle · lemonade stand · hide-and-seek · hopscotch
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, remember, reminisce, reminiscent
- reunion themesfamily tree, nostalgia, homecoming, throwback, time capsule
- lanes
- emotional tropestragedy, romance, drama, love story, tearjerker
- Family Storiesfamily saga, mother-daughter, father-son, maternal bonds, kitchen talk
- memory trainingmemorization, mnemonics, card matching, flashcards, concentration
memory laneforward thinking
Anticipating future needs
anticipation · tomorrow · future planning · looking ahead · the road ahead
memory lanepainful memories
trauma · repressed memories · dark past · skeletons in the closet · regret
memory laneoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
forgetfulness · amnesia · memory loss · forgetting · dementia
memory, lane, memorial, memories, memorable, remembrance, commemorate, memorialize, commemoration