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Where Have the Old Days Gone

Where have the old days gone - I used to as a child, run out of the door, bye Mum ,then I was gone, no cell phone, no chaperone, bit of change in my cute little purse and I was off running free, playing games, calling on friends, climbing trees. Back home for tea. Where have these days gone. Now there is a dreary park outside, no phone box, no kids out playing, no one climbing trees. I used to use the phone box and reverse the charge to home in emergencies, now if you find one its 60p or credit card or text messages only or your mobile has no signal or you have no credit! Or no battery. Where have the old days gone ? On the bus cost me 2p to town, get some makeup, see a movie, buy some jeans and still have change from 20pound, I'm not that old either. People used to stop and say hello, how are you, how's your Mum. Now no one stops to talk. No one knows my Mum. Jeans cost at least 20 pound and the bus is a fiver there and back. The cinema is closed here and the one in the next town is freezing inside. It also cost around 7pound each. You can't smoke anywhere now either, the cigarettes are dissapearing off posters, people are rewriting history. Where have the old days gone. We used to have a Tv you got up and changed yourself haha, now the remote is lost or it has no battery or you have no signal or the bill isn't paid. Oh and now you have to pay for all your channels, we didn't have sky or computers when I was little. Letters from friends used to come through the door. Now if you haven't got a mobile you cant keep in touch with anyone. Fish and chip shops don't have chips ready anymore and they don't do proper gravy, or peas. Everything costs a fortune now, Fish and chips is like a treat not a meal you can just afford. Now you have to wait for half an hour for it. Where have the old days gone. Kids used to have to behave haha now they are screaming so loud I can't hear their Mother speaking. In the old days we had a community, we knew who our neighbours were. Are we really progressing? It seems to me that we have gone backwards in time to a time where computers have become the giant. Tv is an accepted form of entertainment for the family or to shut the kids up. Going on holiday is a luxury . Banks are closing. Shops are closing. Cctv is normal. Where have the old days gone?

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Date: 11/18/2016 7:38:00 PM
Yes where has all the good old days gone? Now life is not the same.Everything has changed. Just the sane I enjoyed your poetry.
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Date: 9/30/2016 5:41:00 PM
Prose, smooths all the way out, texturizing my mind. Good stuff! Where have they gone truly!!?
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Date: 9/18/2016 12:25:00 PM
Agree completely, Gail. I think we had a freedom recent generations have lost. Without mobile phones, etc. we could be gone for hours but if we were wanted somebody would always find us. People knew relatives, who knew neighbours, who knew somebody. I don't we are safer with our Health and Safety rules; the risks have changed. Thought provoking piece. Barry.
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Date: 9/16/2016 6:04:00 PM
I'm not sure what you Brits call it but over here that's what they refer to as progress. I have another word for it but I can't say it in mixed company. I enjoyed reading about your "old days". Gail, like it or not we are dinosaurs! Love the nostalgic write:)
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Date: 9/13/2016 2:11:00 AM
I can relate to every line Gail! Wish we could turn back time and youngsters could experience our childhood for a week - oh how different it all was then - I would hate to be growing up now with all the pressures out there on kids:-) hugs Jan xx
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