It would be lovely to return to the good old days

AS A young lad I was brought up in the days where everybody in the street on which you lived knew everyone else.

I am sure many of you reading this column can remember this time very well.

The good old days.

However, times have changed and, unfortunately, there are so many of us today that don’t know who lives on the street, or, in some cases, even who lives next door.

Lockdown has made that even worse as we all stay inside to wait for the pandemic to pass.

Bring back the days when you would pop next door to borrow a cup of sugar or your neighbour would pop in to share their copy of the local paper when they had finished it.

My grandmother would always make the effort to check on her neighbours and get to know anyone new who moved into the street.

If she were still around today they would nickname her “Google”.

Keeping in touch with those around you was second nature.

Do you think this is something that could happen again once lockdown is lifted?

Wouldn’t it be lovely to see this sense of community make a welcome return.