Nostalgia! Darey visits childhood home, his 'Alma Mater' CMS Grammar School

His first stop was at Lagos Island Maternity Hospital – the hospital where he was born.

Glad to visit Lagos Island Maternity Hospital – the hospital where I was born. I got a really warm welcome from the staff too! It was pretty nostalgic (Not that I remember my birth, lol). But I felt somewhat connected to the spot, knowing that this was where I took my first breath after several health issues with my mum as I was finally birthed. The thought that this grown man was once a baby, had to be fed, clothed, washed and all.. wow! No matter how big we become in this life, we must remember that we all started small (well maybe not all of us @alibabagcfr was born a grown man) #jokes #nostalgia #mylife #Naked #DareyNaked

A video posted by Darey Art Alade (@dareydarey) on Oct 6, 2015 at 2:42am PDT

Then he proceeded to his childhood home in Mende Village.

Took a trip to my childhood home in Mende Village and met this guy @mr_rozay92 who now lives at our old house with his siblings. Cool chap, welcomed us into his home. It was fun. I’ll post the video tomorrow. But if we are being honest, it felt kind of weird seeing somebody else living there lol. A few things had changed…the external colour, location of water tank…gates and fence and of course where we had our TV was different from their own layout! Feels like someone just entered my head and deleted some files from my childhood’s memory folder lol. I won’t be able to think of the house in the same away again 😩 lol. Paid a visit to your childhood home recently? How did it feel? #Nostalgia #Memorylane #Naked #DareyNaked

A photo posted by Darey Art Alade (@dareydarey) on Oct 6, 2015 at 10:53am PDT

He also visited another house he stayed at Palmgroove…

#WayBackWhen we used to live in PalmGrove Estate off Ikorodu Road, Lagos…first of all, the place has totally changed! Street numbers back then were in double digits (ours was 37) but was hard to find now as its single numbers (new one seems to be no 7), the fences were see through with plenty of palms and greenery. Na so so fence and barbed wire I see for there now lol! Of course the street looks smaller now that I’m bigger…but that one is normal 😂. Anyhoo, I made my way there and the first drama was with one of the SSS and Mopol at the main gate (Maiguards more like it 😕) who asked where I was going. At that point I didn’t remember our house number 🙈 so I just said “I just wan go Marconi Road make I see something” so he said “Oga we no dey allow that one here o” 😥. Started preparing to leave but luckily some of his colleagues (especially the Kogi one who I spoke small Okun language with) recognized me 👏🏾😁 na so I enter the estate o! My memories are so many! @enitan_dmakeuproom was my neighbor then. Everyone around was like family! But some of the fondest (shouldn’t be using this word really lol) was when my brothers lit “Banga” and placed them under an old paint bucket and asked me to sit down on it (I was naive I know) but had to do as I was told lol…💣💥😂. Or was it when my elder sister refused to give me her Fanta, finished it and when I wasn’t looking, peed inside and gave me to drink. Ewwww…almost drank it of course as I started crying when they tried to pull it out of my vice grip as I “knew” it was Fanta 🙈🙈😂😂😂 smh Dareyyyyy!!!!! Loved every bit of growing up there honestly…no more Fanta for me sha lmao! Shallat to Emmanuel and his family who live there now and welcomed me!!! #Nostalgia #Naked #KnockoutStories #DareyNaked

A photo posted by Darey Art Alade (@dareydarey) on Oct 7, 2015 at 11:14am PDT

Then he headed to his ‘Alma mater’ CMS Grammar school

Paid a visit to my old school! #Nostalgia #Naked #DareyNaked

A video posted by Darey Art Alade (@dareydarey) on Oct 7, 2015 at 1:24pm PDT

“Lives are in the making here, hearts are in the waking here, mighty undertaking here, up and on!” These words couldn’t ring any truer for those who know what I’m talking about! Founded in 1859 (the oldest secondary school in West Africa), my alma mater, the great C.M.S Grammar School has groomed and churned out so many great Nigerians from its first principal Babington Macaulay (Herbert Macaulay’s father) to alumni such as legendary professor of music (and my uncle) Akin Euba, Accountant par excellence Akintola Williams, Babs Fafunwa, Emeka Ojukwu, Ernest Shonekan, TOS Benson, Fela Sowande, Henry Adefope, Art Alade, Niyi Adebayo, Ola Vincent (CBN Governor), Folarin Coker, 9ice to mention a few…and of course my humble self 😉. Our school song inspired us to become global thinkers even in the harshest of conditions. #WayBackWhen the missionaries really injected quality and quantitative education in Nigeria…and the bond of brotherhood! These formed our solid foundation as grammarians and ability to forge ahead in life! Up school!!! Full video is out on my Facebook page. Click or copy this link: on.fb.me/1FXq9rs

A video posted by Darey Art Alade (@dareydarey) on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:05pm PDT

And he wrapped up his journey at University of Lagos where he bagged a BA in Music

Caught up with my old lecturer yesterday at Unilag when I stopped by for a surprise visit to the faculty of arts where I bagged my BA in Music…Dr Mereni hasn’t changed one bit 😳❗️Please see full clip on my Facebook page #Nostalgia #Naked #DareyNaked

A video posted by Darey Art Alade (@dareydarey) on Oct 8, 2015 at 1:29am PDT