I drove back through the council estate in Hyde I was brought up in few months back on my way back home from a meeting. Just 'because'.
It was D E A D.....A kid here or there playing.
When I was a kid that area was an absolute hive of kids playing. It was absolutely rammed with kids...on the crofts. On the fields. Arsing about everywhere.
On my estate in Heywood. When my kids were being brought up the estate was busy with kids. Those kids have grown up. Houses have been sold on. The area is dead. Quiet. No kids whatsoever knocking about hardly.
So, suffice to say, what you see and what I see are very different.