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The “community” word 12:26 - Feb 5 with 896 views

Growing up as a child in the late 69’s early 70’s I lived in a terraced house that had a front door and also on the front what was known as a back door, all the neighbours would just knock on the back door shout “cooeee” and walk in for a chat and a cuppa, this to me is the true meaning of the word, but you never ever heard it said, we were just neighbourly, nowadays you can’t get through a newscast without it being said on numerous occasions.
But you get neighbourhoods now where next door neighbours don’t even know each others names, to me I think it’s a bollocks name that’s being used to deflect from crimes ridden areas that are basically no go areas. I deliver to some of these places late at night and I don’t feel any sense of community as the customer opens a barred gate in front of their front door whilst youths circle my van on bikes trying to see if they can open the reinforced locks on the back door.

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The “community” word on 14:04 - Feb 5 with 766 views

Juzzie

To me, community used to mean something that embraced everything within a specific area.

Now it's used as a word to create sectioned groups.

The “community” word on 14:27 - Feb 5 with 733 views

Lblock

Loftboy my old mucka I was saying EXACTLY the same thing last week.

It get's rolled out about the Police "alienating the community" or people "not engaging with the community" and it has just become a strap line along the lines of Project Manager bullshizen talk.

It's changing times though isn't it?
When I was a young 'un my street / block was my world and a trip up to the local "parade" was an adventure out of that bubble. I knew almost every single family on our block and you'd always have interaction both good and bad. As I left my teens and into my early twenties the world became a much smaller place and it was already becoming an instant world, fully connected and always on.
Now things are so, so much different but oddly the only thing that may be similar is there are some kids in certain areas who are too scared to actually leave their block / street due to dem endz an ting.

Crazy old world

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The “community” word on 17:55 - Feb 5 with 610 views

JacksDad

Since the destruction of the extended family in the seventies and eighties "communitys" are where you find them. Ironically I can point you to a thought for the day on radio Solent 11 ish years ago that raised this point beautifully. My Jack had just been born with Down Syndrome and I didn't have anywhere to turn. I posted on the dot org asking for advice and page after page after page of fantastic advice, amazing paths to help and just general good wishes followed. This was my community.. you horrible lot. Anyone who is lucky to find themselves amongst people who have a shared goal however tenuous is part of a community. It's just sad that we don't see the multitude of micro communities we are alll part of everyday. A wise now sadly departed lady once said " we have far more in common than we are different"

The “community” word on 17:59 - Feb 5 with 602 views

Antti_Heinola

The “community” word on 17:55 - Feb 5 by JacksDad

Agree. Suspect you can find a community if you want to be a part of a community. Tons of stuff going on if you want to be involved. Since having kids, the 'community' seems to come to life for me - although for years I've been friends with neighbours in different areas of London, so never quite got the 'neighbours never talk anymore' stuff. Some neighbours do, some don't. Was never any different.

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The “community” word on 18:53 - Feb 5 with 535 views

Boston

Off subject.....as a regular visitor to Glasgow in my youth, it would always amuse me to read estate agents description of property as having a front AND back door. I had presumed this signified one step above a tenement.

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The “community” word on 18:56 - Feb 5 with 525 views

Boston

The “community” word on 17:59 - Feb 5 by Antti_Heinola
Agree. Suspect you can find a community if you want to be a part of a community. Tons of stuff going on if you want to be involved. Since having kids, the 'community' seems to come to life for me - although for years I've been friends with neighbours in different areas of London, so never quite got the 'neighbours never talk anymore' stuff. Some neighbours do, some don't. Was never any different.

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The “community” word on 19:32 - Feb 5 with 479 views

runningman75

Community walking down Portobello Road on a Saturday afternoon in the 1980s when the r's were playing away. Hearing the banter of street stall holders the majority were r's or Chelsea fans.

Going into a school friends house at 9 years old after playing cricket in the park with him. His grandmother was Indian and could not speak English. Gave me some vegetable curry and was surprised that a white 9 year old boy liked it and ate 2 portions (that was the basic translation).

Chatting to people at the cornershop as a child without fear of bogeymen and complaining to the shopkeeper about the price of crisps going up. To be told to blame Margaret Thatcher ( who eventually became the bogeyman).

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