Our 'village' Lives of the Past

the world was once very distinctly black and white and then evolution continued until we now have mixed the two colors many times - it's like God has a huge cauldron and is slowly but surely stirring it around everyday and mixing all the colors. Sometimes it may confuse us somewhat??
 

being a silly old romantic at times I occasionally go back and look at the home of one of my first female acquaintances via google of course {which has got even more complex and fancy} - the suburb in UK countryside is vastly developed but the house that her father owned in quite a wealthy way owning an iron foundry still looks exactly the same as it it 66 years ago when I would cycle from my village to hers.

the interior I believe was once turned into a hotel and there were plans to make it bedsits for students but that never happened thank god - they would have trashed it. The girlfriend is sadly dead some while now from cancer and originally back in our teens I think she wanted to make something of it but was too giggly and flirtatious? - but it is comforting to look at it every few years as they tick away!! - on a 'could have been interesting basis'

not sure if this will work - here' the house in an english village

Street View of 140 Middlewich Rd · Google Maps

Ah it does work so now I know where I can find it more quickly - took me all morning today!!
 
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Smiley, A village of 2000 souls, is what we call a small town.:LOL: I guess everything is bigger in America.
This village has a population of around 250 - less than what it was a hundred or more years ago...

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The village circa 1920 when the war memorial was erected. My house is the large one just visible at RH side. It dates from around 1840.
Many of the original houses have been renovated or new houses built in their place.

An up to date pic taken this year. My house is the large red stone house at centre of the pic.

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very nice indeed l but in the 50-60's I lived in a small village in Cheshire that was never called a town and had a popn of I think 6000?? it was always called a village as were many other surrounding ones in cheshire also? - go and research it? even got a hard copy book of the same
 
I was only jesting Smiley. I lived in a large village in Hampshire, population around 13,000. This gave rise to many calls for it to be declared a town, and many said it was because some councillors fancied themselves as Mayor. In reality, it was mostly residential and covered a large area with no real centre.

Here in N.E. Scotland, there are many small villages and hamlets. When additional houses are crammed in, this usually happens in towns and villages that have core amenities like a school, health centre, shops etc.. These towns grow an the smaller communities stagnate.
 
I grew up in a small town of about 1000 people, but also plenty of kids my age or around my age. We didn’t have the games to play like the kids have today, so we were outside in almost any kind of weather, except maybe rain.

My mom and dad were both involved in the community and church. They were always doing something for people or involved with helping someone. I guess that’s where I got it from until my later years.
 
Michael Z said:
I grew up in the country, and now we live way out in the country. But if I were wiser, I would have held out until we could have found a rural home closer to a moderate size city of 30k-100k population. We have a small town of 700 population 12 miles away, but that provides very little in terms of much of anything.
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Do you have chickens any type ''light farming'' like vegetables / fruit ?

I ask as love the country would at min have chickens
 
some prior planning ;viewing ; interviewing is always best? just sayin ; just been chattin to some long lost contact from my original village - all my friends bar one are dead - comes as a shock now but would have been more gentle of course if I'd remained there - lookin back can sometimes be painful and raw
 
Born and raised in big city in Texss
2 years my hubby and I moved to tiny town in SW Kansas. I still trying to adjust. There are perks to live in a small town but they're all so many disadvantages and for here one of them is the lack of doctors and there are no doctors of any specialty. It won't work this young adult if you're lucky You can find one three hours away. This town is at least 30 years behind on everything just about. The people who are very close knit and friendly and I'm very willing to help in many circumstances.
 
don't think there is any perfect place to retire - we all have different needs?? alone it might be easier to choose but as a couple negotiations and concessions reqd
 
RedAlert76 said:
Born and raised in big city in Texss
2 years my hubby and I moved to tiny town in SW Kansas. I still trying to adjust. There are perks to live in a small town but they're all so many disadvantages and for here one of them is the lack of doctors and there are no doctors of any specialty. It won't work this young adult if you're lucky You can find one three hours away. This town is at least 30 years behind on everything just about. The people who are very close knit and friendly and I'm very willing to help in many circumstances.
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any churches???
 
smiley said:
some prior planning ;viewing ; interviewing is always best? just sayin ; just been chattin to some long lost contact from my original village - all my friends bar one are dead - comes as a shock now but would have been more gentle of course if I'd remained there - lookin back can sometimes be painful and raw
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I know what you mean about looking back. After being 'exiled' in Hampshire for many years, we retired back north of the border. One year we decided to retrace one of our early holidays, driving down the west coast, past old haunts round Ayr and Girvan, down through Dumfries, Carlisle and eventually into the Lake district. What a disappointment - just about everything gone or changed beyond recognition.
I think you should let the past stay in the past, unless you're prepared to be disappointed.

Any churches?? Not here unless you like disused or derelict ones. Unlike my Presbyterian upbringing - this is a very secular area.
 
THE JEDI RETURNS!!

I returned to my village I spoke of above with my new bride in 2000 - hadn't been back in 20 yrs but that's only a blink of an eye heh? My bro and his wife picked us up from the airport and as we drove back to his village we of course drove on a new motorway. But the countryside still seem strangely familiar?

His little Hamlet was much the same old churches etc [ few new housing for the noble rich had sprung up] and in the next village one day I finally traced my best mates old house. He'd gone onto CA and died in an horrific road accident - funny how life changes heh. The local large town we had always used for drinking ; entertainment etc was "dead" - lunch time Saturday when originally it surged? We went into a functioning pub and I introd my new bride to the brits habit of saturday arvo drinking. we were getting such uncomfortable stares from folk we left with half filled glasses? - It was then I realized I was a stranger no long an inhabitant!

everyone now had cars and drove to the nearest city for shopping. I remember my SIL exclaiming with pride " oh we all go to Manchester now for shopping ; there is nothing here" she was quite right of course but I could hear some disdain in her voice. Maybe I am just a small town lad at heart?
 

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