Dec
10
The car
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It was only by good fortune that I happened to be informed by a TV announcement of a programme about to start on BBC4. With the dire state of affairs that sees a paucity of good programmes sprinkled across many channels, missing good programmes is easily done. Oh for a simpler life! The programme was an hour long story of childrens play in the 1940s and 1950s. It was blessed with fabulous black and white footage of simpler times, where children as young as 2, it seems, sat and played in the streets on a daily basis. More healthy times, where this generated many bonds, grew strength, social skills and independence in the children, and was simply a delight to observe.
The programme ended on a sad note, marking the end of this golden social climate for British youngsters by the rapid intrusion of cars, killing safety and the fun.
Oh how shortsighted we are to have taken cars to our hearts. They destroyed our streets as a social linkage.
Think about it - we want a car so that we can be somewhere else. Yet our heart is where we are right now.
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