All these parents who were the ones who would get up to all sorts of shit as kids are the generation of parents who don’t like their kids do anything these days.
That's sooo true, if my Mam knew of even 1% of the things we got up to we'd have been grounded for life, some of the things even now, some 45+ years on, I wake up from nightmares of the things we did and got lucky with, only in the nightmares, we didn't, lots of us, when I look back, are very lucky to still be alive or in one piece.
Growing up mostly in Wythenshawe, childhood was one of extremes, the highs were amazing, the lows were horrible, the Airport, Styal Woods etc on our doorstep, Town a 2p bus ride away, so we'd go with 2p and not even think about how we were going to get back, loads of great Youth Clubs, and we were very fortunate (and privileged ) to have the legend that was Jimmy Egan doing the boxing back then.
luckily, I think people tended to look out for one another, strangers or not, then, more than they do now, think it was part of a generation that saw being a decent citizen as something to be proud of.