>pay-and-display car parks (you know its only a matter of time)
Already here!

ouch! there always seems to be very good arguments for regularising everything but none for de-regularising things. and everything has to pay for itself. is there a traffic warden too? oh dear.

i am sure it's probably nostalgia - it probably isn't very different now than it was then - just the cosy rosy glow of retrospect....

but thanks for the info on quiet times!