Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I’m just stating the truth, I was going to away games on a train with school mates at the age of fourteen and fifteen - never had any trouble and never was unaware of the possible pitfalls. I was only ten or eleven at the time, but even I could see how much the adult world was affected by the Moors murders and it was drummed into me about not speaking to “strange” men. My memory is that my parents’ willingness to let me travel hundreds of miles to watch football games with kids my own age was not that out of the ordinary then and as I remember it, there was never any reason for any of the parents of my friends to regret their decision.
I'm not suggesting you aren't telling the truth, just replying to your apparent dismissal of Mr Dandruff's post.
Your parents were probably like mine in that you let your kids out to play and whatever they got up to, within reason, was fair game and if it was a bit 'dodgy' then it was fine as long as we don't find out about it or the police didn't come knocking on the door.

Peoples' awareness of potential pitfalls are now far greater and I tend to agree with BD in that I think parents are much more vigilant, taking their kids to football training, getting lifts with their mate's dad or whatever.
Back then you did your own thing, just had to be back by x oclock.

Re the OP, an organised bus with their mates would probably be fine as far as I was concerned.
I might think twice about a train journey away to Millwall though