Comments on: Neighbourhoods http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 17 May 2012 07:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3939 steph Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:06:24 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3939 Grannymar - a Toyboy on your arm would definitely set some tongues wagging! I tried my hardest to stay quiet today (for a change) and I've held out as long as I could but I couldn't resist any longer ;-) Grannymar - a Toyboy on your arm would definitely set some tongues wagging!

I tried my hardest to stay quiet today (for a change) and I’ve held out as long as I could but I couldn’t resist any longer ;-)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3936 Grannymar Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:55:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3936 Nancy, now there is a novel idea. The neighbours would certainly talk about me if not to me! Nancy, now there is a novel idea. The neighbours would certainly talk about me if not to me!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3934 Nancy Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:19:27 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3934 Grannymar, You can kill two birds with one stone now if you want to. They have liitle prams to walk your dog in at Petco... So, see, you can do both. Just in case your neighbors don't think you're eccentric enough, try this. Walk the dog in a stroller. Glad you had a nice lunch out with your friends. We missed you !!!!! Grannymar,

You can kill two birds with one stone now if you want to.

They have liitle prams to walk your dog in at Petco… So, see, you can do both. Just in case your neighbors don’t think you’re eccentric enough, try this. Walk the dog in a stroller.

Glad you had a nice lunch out with your friends. We missed you !!!!!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3931 Grannymar Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:42:48 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3931 Joy you slipped in there when I was not looking, I often say that the way to reach neighbours is to go walking with either a pram or a dog! The first one is now out for me and I am still not sure about the dog. Joy you slipped in there when I was not looking, I often say that the way to reach neighbours is to go walking with either a pram or a dog! The first one is now out for me and I am still not sure about the dog.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3930 Grannymar Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:39:57 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3930 I have returned! Gary, Nancy, Robert and Brian thank you for calling while I was out. I had lunch with some ex work colleagues. It went on longer than I expected. I might even blog about it. I have returned! Gary, Nancy, Robert and Brian thank you for calling while I was out. I had lunch with some ex work colleagues. It went on longer than I expected. I might even blog about it.

]]> By: Joy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3929 Joy Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:30:55 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3929 I've lived in the same neighborhood for 30 years too Grannymar. It is very different now than when I first moved here as a young mother of 4. The neighborhood was filled with young couples and little kids. I've seen many changes come and go. There are very few little kids living here now...just a few; and I'm sorry to say that I really don't have a connection anymore with many of my neighbors....the circle of life. There are very few of us still here after 30 years. I’ve lived in the same neighborhood for 30 years too Grannymar. It is very different now than when I first moved here as a young mother of 4. The neighborhood was filled with young couples and little kids. I’ve seen many changes come and go. There are very few little kids living here now…just a few; and I’m sorry to say that I really don’t have a connection anymore with many of my neighbors….the circle of life. There are very few of us still here after 30 years.

]]> By: Brianf http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3927 Brianf Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:22:50 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3927 Grannymar, I live in a post-war neighborhood just about two miles from the post-war neighborhood I grew up in. It is about ten blocks by four blocks of little brick houses. My immediate neighbors are a mix of the original owners now in their 80's and 90's and families and people my age, late 40's. There are a few teenagers around to cut the grass and shovel the snow. Folks around here have an affinity to go for a walk in the evenings so from spring to autumn the evenings here are very neighborly with people just stopping to say hello. I only bought this house a little over a year ago so I'm one of the newbies. Grannymar,
I live in a post-war neighborhood just about two miles from the post-war neighborhood I grew up in. It is about ten blocks by four blocks of little brick houses. My immediate neighbors are a mix of the original owners now in their 80’s and 90’s and families and people my age, late 40’s. There are a few teenagers around to cut the grass and shovel the snow. Folks around here have an affinity to go for a walk in the evenings so from spring to autumn the evenings here are very neighborly with people just stopping to say hello. I only bought this house a little over a year ago so I’m one of the newbies.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3924 Nancy Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:09:56 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3924 Grannymar, In 1965 our cul de sac and neighborhood was filled to the brim with kiddies. Every house had 4 or 5 kids; some more! Well, by the mid 80's all of those children were mostly gone. Off to college or married, but not here anymore. You could hear a pin drop on our street, it was so quiet. Then one day about 1993 or so, I hear a strange rumbling on our quiet street and went to investigate. I could not identify the sounds I was hearing. What could it be? It was a little boy on a "Big Wheel". A large plastic contraption that made a lot of noise. "Hallelujah!!!! The kids are back",I shouted to my husband. I was right. Every time an Old Timer moved away, the house was immediately bought by a young family with small children. What goes around, comes around, as they say. We have really enjoyed establishing a relationship with the kids. They are fun to friends with and watch them play and give them cookies. It has been wonderful having children around again. One of the little boys, Eric (6) said to me in May," I like to visit you,Mrs. L.,but I have to go to school, you know. But, don't worry, school will be over in 2 weeks and then I can come every day." His mother and I had a great laugh about that. That is another benefit of young kids. It brings me in contact with their young parents who I can call on for help in lifting a heavy package ,and they can call on me to watch their little girl for an hour while they get their hair cut. It's been grand having all ages in the neighborhood...... Grannymar,

In 1965 our cul de sac and neighborhood was filled to the brim with kiddies. Every house had 4 or 5 kids; some more!

Well, by the mid 80’s all of those children were mostly gone. Off to college or married, but not here anymore. You could hear a pin drop on our street, it was so quiet.

Then one day about 1993 or so, I hear a strange rumbling on our quiet street and went to investigate. I could not identify the sounds I was hearing. What could it be?

It was a little boy on a “Big Wheel”. A large plastic contraption that made a lot of noise. “Hallelujah!!!! The kids are back”,I shouted to my husband.

I was right. Every time an Old Timer moved away, the house was immediately bought by a young family with small children.
What goes around, comes around, as they say. We have really enjoyed establishing a relationship with the kids. They are fun to friends with and watch them play and give them cookies.

It has been wonderful having children around again. One of the little boys, Eric (6) said to me in May,” I like to visit you,Mrs. L.,but I have to go to school, you know. But, don’t worry, school will be over in 2 weeks and then I can come every day.”

His mother and I had a great laugh about that. That is another benefit of young kids. It brings me in contact with their young parents who I can call on for help in lifting a heavy package ,and they can call on me to watch their little girl for an hour while they get their hair cut.

It’s been grand having all ages in the neighborhood……

]]> By: robert http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3922 robert Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:37:41 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3922 I'm still living in the same house as always. It's on one of the main streets in town. the town centre is one way traffic and our house is just after where the traffic becomes two way again. Up until about 15 years ago until they built a relief road, all traffic heading from Cork to Waterford or to Rosslare and back had to pass our front door. When the relief road was built, we only had the traffic from the west heading east passing! The town finally was bypassed 4 years ago and for ages I couldn't sleep because I wasn't used to the relative silence! Also it became very hard for me to tell the time as before the bypass opened If I was lying in bed and wondering what time it was and a truck passed in the early hours I knew it would be around 4:30am as it would be a linen truck on it's way down to Rosslare to the ferries. I’m still living in the same house as always. It’s on one of the main streets in town. the town centre is one way traffic and our house is just after where the traffic becomes two way again. Up until about 15 years ago until they built a relief road, all traffic heading from Cork to Waterford or to Rosslare and back had to pass our front door. When the relief road was built, we only had the traffic from the west heading east passing!

The town finally was bypassed 4 years ago and for ages I couldn’t sleep because I wasn’t used to the relative silence! Also it became very hard for me to tell the time as before the bypass opened If I was lying in bed and wondering what time it was and a truck passed in the early hours I knew it would be around 4:30am as it would be a linen truck on it’s way down to Rosslare to the ferries.

]]> By: Gary http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3919 Gary Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:32:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/01/30/neighbourhoods/#comment-3919 I still live in the same neighbourhood that I did when I was a kid (albeit with a sojourn to the north east some years ago) and I know live on the hill that leads up to the highest spot in this city upon which is perched my old primary school. So twice a day this road gets very busy with mums and kids plodding up or down the hill to and from school but other than that it has no natural life of its own, no children playing in the streets, no-one stands at driveways for a chat, like your story mentions all life happens around the backs of houses now. I still live in the same neighbourhood that I did when I was a kid (albeit with a sojourn to the north east some years ago) and I know live on the hill that leads up to the highest spot in this city upon which is perched my old primary school.

So twice a day this road gets very busy with mums and kids plodding up or down the hill to and from school but other than that it has no natural life of its own, no children playing in the streets, no-one stands at driveways for a chat, like your story mentions all life happens around the backs of houses now.

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