Remember When............

[Treetotal]

The roads were quieter with less traffic and  Sundays were for Family days out and the shops were closed!!
No pavement cyclists, electric scooters sharing the pavements.
Happy Days 
I found this posters in a bag of donated albums, thank heavens for hoarders, without them there would be a dearth of items of Social History for us to learn from.

Edited: I seemed to have caused offence where non was intended

Carol 

[rayard]

You would be happier if people on mobility scooters stayed indoors as they had to in "the good old days"?
rayard.

[Treetotal]

No....they have their independence and are not in a wheelchair without access to shops and public buildings, that's progress.
Just a comment on comparison of then and now, not a criticism and no offence intended, most of them are polite anyway.
Carol 

[Viktoria]

I just am thankful I do not need a mobility scooter.
Anything that helps with convenience  and a measure of independence is to be encouraged .
So occasionally we able bodied are a trifle inconvenienced ,by comparison trifle is the operative word !
As has been said people with mobility problems are most grateful especially if we just allow them some independence.
Attitudes have thankfully changed ,no one has the right to limit another person’s best attempts to  some some ordinary life with its varied activities
including independence.
It is not always helpful to be over helpful,let the person with mobility problems decide for themselves ,their intelligence is not affected by less mobility than we are fortunate to take for granted .
Viktoria.

[Treetotal]

How strange...I posted a leaflet on what I thought was interesting information on the accident rate, in 1948 compared to todays congested roads and accident figures, not a debate about mobility scooters. 
Carol

[BumbleB]

How very sad that there are those amongst us who have to "nit pick".   

AND you definitely don't want to know my thoughts on SOME electric or mobility scooter operatives 

[JenB]

Most interesting Carol, thank you.
Like you I can’t quite see how mobility scooters come into it 

National Pedestrian Crossing Week is a new one to me.
Here’s a link to a 1949 film about it https://www.rootschat.com/links/01rwd/

[mazi]

Most interesting Carol, thank you.
Like you I can’t quite see how mobility scooters come into it 

National Pedestrian Crossing Week is a new one to me.
Here’s a link to a 1949 film about it https://www.rootschat.com/links/01rwd/

Ooh,
 did anyone notice the lady giving the little boy a gentle cuff round the ear

Mike

[rosie99]

Thank you Carol. that is really interesting.    

I can't see where mobility scooters come into it either.  .   Perhaps a misunderstanding of 'electric scooters' that are mentioned which can be such a menace on our footpaths as well as being illegal in most of the country. 


Was the little boy you Mike  .    Sorry I was not thinking you are much too young to be  in a 1949 film.