When I was a kid I knew just about everybody in West End and those I didn't know knew my parents, or my brothers, or my aunts or my uncle who all lived in the area, so they knew me by default so to speak. It was the same for a lot of us children and it ensured good behaviour. Put a foot wrong and your dad knew by bedtime.
I know quite a lot of my present neighbours but most of the ones I know have all lived in this road for a long time. I know people around the village but not as many as I knew 20 years ago. There isn't the sense of community and the camaraderie there used to be, probably because everyone's either driving around in cars, watching telly or sitting in front of computers. Oh!
