Neighbourliness today

[BLUETIT]

Moving to estates in the late 50's/60's stopped people being neighbourly.

By having a front garden and not just a front door onto the street, because it took people away from direct contact it stopped people talking to each other, PLUS all of a sudden, from having nothing of worth, CERTAIN people became detached and snobbiness crept in.

Give me the "OLDE TERRACED" houses any day of the week. (not now mind, as there all full of ********* & students (see quote above )

[joecity]

Moving to estates in the late 50's/60's stopped people being neighbourly.

By having a front garden and not just a front door onto the street, because it took people away from direct contact it stopped people talking to each other, PLUS all of a sudden, from having nothing of worth, CERTAIN people became detached and snobbiness crept in.

Give me the "OLDE TERRACED" houses any day of the week. (not now mind, as there all full of ********* & students (see quote above )

What you saying? I got a garden, Railings too.

[joecity]

Moving to estates in the late 50's/60's stopped people being neighbourly.

By having a front garden and not just a front door onto the street, because it took people away from direct contact it stopped people talking to each other, PLUS all of a sudden, from having nothing of worth, CERTAIN people became detached and snobbiness crept in.

Give me the "OLDE TERRACED" houses any day of the week. (not now mind, as there all full of ********* & students (see quote above )

My landlord has nearly finished it. Railings almost done.

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[J R Hartley]

I have the opposite to this problem in my street. Several of my neighbours still leave themselves into each others houses without knocking.

[joecity]

I have the opposite to this problem in my street. Several of my neighbours still leave themselves into each others houses without knocking.

Aren't they called burglars JR?

[Mrs Steve R]

A Christian ideal is to love one's neighbour as oneself but it's been said "The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries. We've lost something fundamentally human, and we don't even realise it".

What set me thinking about this is that recently two close neighbours (in a road where we've lived for decades) have died, including a gent I often chatted with, and I knew nothing about it.

On the other hand folk often equate neighbourliness with nosiness and might think it's better to keep oneself to oneself.

Are we losing a sense of neighbourliness in Cardiff - and, if so, is this a good thing.

Some of us realise and have been going on about this sort of thing for ages, definitely not a good thing.

Shame about your neighbours, at least you used to talk to them though.

Aren't they called burglars JR?

[J R Hartley]

Aren't they called burglars JR?

Thats what the judge said when he done me for going through my neighbours knicker drawer

[joecity]

Thats what the judge said when he done me for going through my neighbours knicker drawer

saves doing your own washing eh though J R mate. Not condoning it mind.

[BlueWales]

I have the opposite to this problem in my street. Several of my neighbours still leave themselves into each others houses without knocking.

I'm amazed this still goes on. It was the most difficult thing to explain to an English wife.

Still going on when my Dad died in 2002 , amazed it still is today.

I hated it. People turn up expect tea and cake , yap for hours oblivious to the fact
we had other things to do.

[J R Hartley]

I'm amazed this still goes on. It was the most difficult thing to explain to an English wife.

Still going on when my Dad died in 2002 , amazed it still is today.

I hated it. People turn up expect tea and cake , yap for hours oblivious to the fact
we had other things to do.

The neighbours who are in and out of each others houses every day are of fair age, and have lived in the street a very long time. My next door neighbour is 78 and she was born in the house so its only what she has always known. She does let herself into my house now and again, but not very often. She wont bother me like she would some of the older neighbours. I would nip it in the bud if she started doing it every day.

We get her birthday and Xmas presents and vice versa, ill give her lifts and pick her up some grocerys, she will pay the window cleaner for me.etc We have a good neighbourly relationship.