I had a walk around my old neighbourhood in Palmers Green yesterday evening

[IUFG]

I wouldn't go back to my old neighbourhood without a police escort these days. Shame, it was a lovely place to grow up.

Strange innit. You'd happily hang around the streets at night back then.

Nowadays I'd be reluctant to go back to my old stomping ground in a cab, after dark, in case it stopped at some traffic lights.

[Burney]

Strange innit. You'd happily hang around the streets at night back then.

Nowadays I'd be reluctant to go back to my old stomping ground in a cab, after dark, in case it stopped at some traffic lights.

It's odd, because in terms of casual violence at least, those were actually much more violent times. However, we're much more sensitised to the threat of violence these days and thus perceive it everywhere in a way we didn't then.

[7sisters]

It's odd, because in terms of casual violence at least, those were actually much more violent times. However, we're much more sensitised to the threat of violence these days and thus perceive it everywhere in a way we didn't then.

St Georges in the East, near wapping, back in the mid 1800's ?

[Ash]

St Georges in the East, near wapping, back in the mid 1800's ?

Hawksmoor