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When George Thomas was eight he walked everywhere.
It was 1926 and his parents were unable to afford the fare for a tram, let alone the cost of a bike and he regularly walked six miles to his favourite fishing haunt without adult supervision.
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Oh how well I remember this. When I was a kid (around 10 years old) I used to live way out in the country and, if I missed the school bus, I had to walk 5 miles home with very few houses along the way. It never really worried me and never worried my parents unduly when I arrived home very late. Of course, there weren't any mobiles around at the time so I couldn't contact them to let them know where I was and that I'd be late. I also used to cycle along that route quite a lot without incident.
I wouldn't say that bad stuff never happened in those days, but, today, you'd never dream of letting your kids wander around like that on their own in built-up areas, let alone in empty countryside. Things definitely have changed for the worse.
