When I lived in the Croydon area I went to school on the bus on my own from the age of 5 - tuppenny to Sanderstead Fire Station.
Then when I moved to Sussex from the age of 10 I used to go to Albion games by train. I wasn't allowed on my own, but as long as I was with my friends - who were...
All true, Dave. And we stood on milk crates on football terraces.
Smash the Nanny State! Death to all ambulance-chasers! Give us back our freedoms before we all suffocate in this culture of safety and litigation