Every day I meet people who are, to be frank, less than impressed by the state that the country is in. They readily blame our politicians and suggest that in previous times things were better! I don’t think we can make objective global comparisons between how things are today compared to how they might have been in say, “1908”, things are what they are; but we can look at some of the differences and contrast them. Clearly if you compared the availability of a bath or shower to a householder at the turn of the twentieth century versus the householder of the early twentyfirst century, it is pretty obvious that with the change in technology we are far better served by such things today!
So I think it worthwhile to change the focus of this site to look at how things were, compared to how things are! The subjects I hope will provide a forum for discussing our changing world!