Page 12 - Seniorstoday September-2023 Issue

Nostalgia

Wondrous things that have

disappeared over time

Vickram Sethi reminisces about professions, people and items of days
gone by that don’t exist anymore, hurtling us seniors into changing times

Over the last few years, quite a few In my childhood, I used to see a man on
organisations have become redundant. Marine Drive at twilight time go from
Not just large entities, some vendors, some one light pole to the other. He had a long
occupations and foods as well. wooden pole at the end of which a hook
Here’s a list of things that were once that would yank at some contraction and
a part of our daily lives, and now have the street lights would come on. Those
disappeared. Well almost: days, the street-lighting, was gas and not
electricity. Even after electricity came on,
● Gas Lamp Lighter the pole-and-yank process went on, but no
longer.

● The Ice Bullock cart

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