Pannal Halloween etc

No one came for Halloween. Quite different in Pannal from the 1960s up until 1990s. Our children used to get dressed up and visit our neighbours  and their school friends came round walking up and down Main Street, Station Road and Burn Bridge children walked along Westminster Drive. Was it the wet evening or are children not allowed out now? Was never very struck on trick or treat so our children never took part but do remember a bit of damage in Pannal. This got me thinking about people who came to Pannal. The gypsies selling clothes pegs or "lucky" white heather, French onion seller complete with bike, beret and striped jersey. Lovely strings of onions they were too. Knife sharpeners with their wheel that sharpened garden shears also. Wonder if there are still two milkmen. Harry Haste who lived on Flaxton Terrace was one and Cliff Trotter was the other. Harry now deceased and Cliff moved on to greater things. Pannal really was a village then. In the summer evenings people strolled around chatting to neighbours who were either out on a stroll or working in their front gardens. Our six bungalows where purchased by people who were either retired or on the point of retiring. We were the only family who purchased the bungalow at the beginning of our married lives. In the top bungalow were Mick and Josie Hayward, then Flo and Harold Hawkins, George and Mrs Wood (never knew her first name) Jack and Eileen Wilks (Jack died soon after they moved in and the bungalow was sold) to Jim and Nan Richmond, then us and last bungalow Maurice and Audrey Holmes. As we all came into together there was a great feeling of companionship. Unfortunately all have now died apart from us and Josie who now lives near Peterborough. Still know all who live in the bungalows now but not so much interaction.  I still walk about the village but most people are in cars now. Has the community spirit vanished?