Weekend readers' pictures: Memory

Martin Carlin: “My dad in his 91st year. He suffers with dementia and his short-term memory is non-existent. He lives most of his life in the past, 40-50 years ago” Photograph: Martin Carlin

John Mitchell: “I remember lovingly grooming these ­luscious locks. Still, hair today …” Photograph: John Mitchell

Shauna Tremellen, 12: “My mother keeps some of my baby items in a box, which I peek into every so often to make me smile” Photograph: Shauna Tremellen

Pete Holmes: “The three-second memory span of ­goldfish is a myth; they can actually recall information for up to five whole months” Photograph: Pete Holmes

Dave Spellman: "The Shoes on the Danube promenade is a memorial created by Gyula Pauer and Can Togay to honour the Jews killed in Budapest by the Nazis, and yet it is as if they left them just to paddle" Photograph: Dave Spellman

Tiffany Furleger: "While sorting out photos, I realised that they revealed the passage of time - over 100 years of memories and five generations of family!" Photograph: Tiffany Furleger

Lucy Martin: "On a recent trip to Hawaii, we saw Kilauea leaving lava flow memories everywhere – this was one of the more pleasing patterns" Photograph: Lucy Martin

Tom Osman: "This badge board, still kept in my office, provides many memories of the political agenda that enthused me as a young man. The badges date mainly from the late 70s to early 80s and it's depressing to realise how many of them are still relevant today" Photograph: Tom Osman

Margaret Barker: "Taken on Newgale beach. My grandson had insisted on taking the horse with us, and seeing my daughter with it on a lead reminded me of when she was that age nearly 40 years ago and loved playing with it" Photograph: Margaret Barker