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Gobsmacked · 17-07-2004, 00:12

I'm sorry to hear of the death's of two of your old friends. I'm a little older than you so I don't know the people concerned but the death of anyone so young is a tragedy.

I lost two good friends and a family member (all in their 50s) in a two year period so I can sympathise with anyone having a similar experience.

I probably see Accrington through rose coloured glasses as I spent the happy years of my youth in and around the area. I've been back a few times and seen the changes in the town I once knew, some for the better, some not so good. It is strange to accidentally meet people one hasn't seen for a few years and see how much they have (or in some cases have not) changed.

Time does play strange tricks on the memory. I think it was E M Forster who said 'the past is a foreign country - they do things differently there'.

17-07-2004, 00:12	#2
Gobsmacked Full Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: slightly nth of Lancaster Posts: 337 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 44	Re: Not Every Memory is a good One. I'm sorry to hear of the death's of two of your old friends. I'm a little older than you so I don't know the people concerned but the death of anyone so young is a tragedy. I lost two good friends and a family member (all in their 50s) in a two year period so I can sympathise with anyone having a similar experience. I probably see Accrington through rose coloured glasses as I spent the happy years of my youth in and around the area. I've been back a few times and seen the changes in the town I once knew, some for the better, some not so good. It is strange to accidentally meet people one hasn't seen for a few years and see how much they have (or in some cases have not) changed. Time does play strange tricks on the memory. I think it was E M Forster who said 'the past is a foreign country - they do things differently there'.