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Where we live there are 15 houses , we all moved in on February 1979 , We were all White British , They were all rented houses with local council , since then 19 of our neighbours have died , 3 of us are the original tenants and we still live next to each other , only 5 houses still belong to the council the other ten are now privately owned , 5 are owned by Ethnic minorities and the other 5 are now student lets , the thing that stands out most is that in 29 years we have lost 19 of our friends

We never lived anywhere that long. As a child my father was in the Army so we moved a lot. And once married, we just kept moving and pretty much covered most of southern UK, before landing in USA. We also lived in Wales for a while, not far from you if I remember rightly.

So, I never really experienced what you are talking about, but I can imagine it can be sad to see your friends move on to other places etc. :-6

I moved into new housing once when I was at school and the family still lives there. Everyone moving in was homogeneous, several of them stayed and died there, maybe half moved away.

The Thatcher government's systematic destruction of social community values happened in so many areas of British life that it's hard to believe she didn't mean it to happen, that and her "there's no such thing as society, there's only individuals" declaration. Selling off the family silver included the council-controlled housing stock without an option to build more from the proceeds, she and her ideological cronies made sure that the money didn't circulate that way.

That's what...almost one friend per year? It's always a little humbling (for lack of a better word...maybe I mean sobering) when people in your circle move or take their leave. I have lived where I do since 1975. I did most of my growing up here. About seven of my classmates have died since graduating in 1984. One this year of a brain aneurysm of all things. Her brother preceded her some years earlier by car wreck. My friend and I just shake our heads...death has infiltrated our circle. It makes me realize we all have a number. I guess.

I'm sorry you're feeling badly, Uncle Fester.

With due respect that is life.

Its a sign of aging, the speed of loosing friends and relatives accelerate as you get older, and things around you alter.

Bruv;700954 wrote: With due respect that is life.

Its a sign of aging, the speed of loosing friends and relatives accelerate as you get older, and things around you alter.
Of course that is life , it is just that I had a bit of time on my hands and started to think where my life has gone , the change in just 15 houses made things very Stark

Uncle Fester;700961 wrote: Of course that is life , it is just that I had a bit of time on my hands and started to think where my life has gone , the change in just 15 houses made things very Stark


I think we all have those kinds of days, Uncle. And they sure can be bleak and scary and often sad. Maybe they force us to take stock of ourselves. Factor in all you've been going through lately, that's probably in there too. The good part is that these days don't last.

How about a big hug??

:yh_hugs:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

Well the main thing Unc is that you're not one of the nineteen. :-6