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A Caring Society?
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 9 May 2014 13:59 |
Thinking about something mentioned on another thread |
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DIZZI | Report | 9 May 2014 16:00 |
CAROL,I AGREE FAMILIES WHO CARE FOR ELDERLY RELATIVES ARE SAVING THE GOVERNMENT A FORTUNE,THE SAME GOES FOR GRANDPARENTS WHO LOOK AFTER THEIR CHILDRENS ,CHILDREN ?,,BUT WHAT DO COUNCILS DO |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 9 May 2014 16:00 |
I was brought up in a small mining village, and I knew everybody as granny. grandpa, uncle or aunty - this name or that name, everyone helped everyone else in the village, alas that sort of community are few and far between these days, it seems that dismantling communities not creating them, is the norm in this day and age :-( |
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Joeva | Report | 9 May 2014 18:21 |
Sadly that is the way with Social Housing today - no matter how long you have lived in an area and whatever family connection you have, it is always assessed by the 'points' of your housing needs. :-( |
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ZZzzz | Report | 9 May 2014 23:03 |
What I have realised over the last few years is that if a school is very good or has improved greatly in status then people move to the area so their children go to that school, you then end up with big name supermarkets taking over village shops, the village becomes a town and it all becomes impersonal, there used to be 3 or 4 generations of families here but not anymore, same with the village/town I grew up in. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 10 May 2014 08:48 |
Even though it was South East London the road we lived in had many long term tenants with tenancies being handed down through the same familes , |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 11 May 2014 08:28 |
Our road was on the edge of a new council estate and most people moved in around the same time,early 1950s, families with children of roughly the same ages, when I was small. It meant we looked out for each other and as others have said, called the adults Aunty and Uncle. Some people bought their houses as times changed and as the other elderly folk died or moved out, younger less caring people moved in who only cared about their own families and weren't interested in joining in the community spirit. |