Random Visitors

[darren]

Re: Random Visitors

i know what you mean about the sense of friendliness and communmity having gone which is sad.
we always had neighbours and when they knocked they where asked in and would talk away about anything for hrs it was fun klistening to what they said.
sometimes the fella who came to empty the meter would chat for a while thats when you put fifty p's in the meter.

we even had a fella who delivered bread in his blue van john was his name we would see him on average once a week and he would talk away about all sorts.
this is like from early eighties to early nineties before he quit whichj was quite sad.
his vn would be full of bread white brown long rolls.


we would have a milkman he never came in but stood at the door and nattered as well.

I seem to remember there was always someone in our house, not necessarily friends as such but just a random collection of people maybe the insurance man or club man (remember them) collecting there money or someone from down the road who had lost someone or something or who just wanted help with something, one thing they all had in common is they would plonk themselves down drink endless amounts of tea chat for hours and sometimes even settle down to watch tv no one was ever kept on the doorstep. its a little sad that the friendliness and sense of community has been lost but most people who knock on my door stay on the outside.

[battyrat]

Re: Random Visitors

Our neighbours used to do that but tradesmen(apart from the Avon lady)were never allowed in nor were any other cold callers.

[sweep]

I seem to remember there was always someone in our house, not necessarily friends as such but just a random collection of people maybe the insurance man or club man (remember them) collecting there money or someone from down the road who had lost someone or something or who just wanted help with something, one thing they all had in common is they would plonk themselves down drink endless amounts of tea chat for hours and sometimes even settle down to watch tv no one was ever kept on the doorstep. its a little sad that the friendliness and sense of community has been lost but most people who knock on my door stay on the outside.