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STANDISHGATE 1972
STANDISHGATE 1972
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 31418
HOW I WISH I COULD TURN THE CLOCK BACK...

Comment by: Veronica on 10th August 2019 at 11:39

Me too! A great shopping centre then and to think the Market Place goes back centuries.... Even the 'peasants' had to buy foodstuff and such! ( bet it stunk a bit though in those days)!

Comment by: Maureen on 10th August 2019 at 11:41

Me too Ron,life was a lot simpler..everywhere was cleaner,people had more pride in how they looked,there was no druggies around every corner,people were more caring to children and animals..I'm not looking through rose tinted glasses I'm sure,I think the majority of people will agree.

Comment by: jack on 10th August 2019 at 12:35

ME TOO.

Comment by: Helen of Troy on 10th August 2019 at 15:42

It looks not much changed in 1972 from when I last knew it in the late 1950s. Its good to to see a busy town centre.

Comment by: DerekB on 10th August 2019 at 16:07

Couldn't agree with you more, Maureen. And the corporation buses were still there in their Cherry and White livery!!!

Comment by: Elizabeth on 10th August 2019 at 20:12

I couldn't agree more with you Maureen.You're not looking through rose-tinted specs.

Comment by: Julie on 11th August 2019 at 09:01

As you said Ron me to wishing that I could turn the clock back to, todays society its awful the changes to everything people and their attitude all it is today is daft mobile phones common tattoos daft social media what has this world become, I am only telling the truth its pathetic today.

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