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New Fri 12 Mar 10 14:33 
 On the use of garages - tyro
Following on from le thread de L'escargot, I've been thinking about the use of garages.

As I thought about it, three things struck me.

1. It seems that back in my childhood (1960s and 1970s), people in Britain were a lot more likely to use garages than they are today.

2. The use of garages in Britain today seems to be age related. Most people I know who garage their car regularly are retired. Among those under 50, few do.

3. I live in an area where very few houses have garages - even though all houses are either detached or semi-detached. And I suspect that this may be true of many parts of the country. And even those who do have garages often choose not to use them. In my village and the neighbouring village I can only think of 3 people who garage their car.

Why is the use of garages declining? And more to the point, why did people actually use garages in the first place? L'escargot comments "I like to go to bed at night and sleep soundly in the knowledge that my car isn't being tinkered with by some miscreant."

Obviously, in some parts of the country, that will be a consideration - but most people, it would seem, never consider it.
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 On the use of garages new tyro 12 Mar 10 14:33
 On the use of garages new oilburner 12 Mar 10 14:44
 On the use of garages new Alanovich 12 Mar 10 14:45
 On the use of garages new Dog 12 Mar 10 15:25
 On the use of garages new Ted 12 Mar 10 16:19
 On the use of garages new .... 12 Mar 10 16:57
 On the use of garages new henry k 12 Mar 10 17:23
 On the use of garages new teabelly 12 Mar 10 17:12
 On the use of garages new Stuu 12 Mar 10 17:24
 On the use of garages new L'escargot 13 Mar 10 07:22
 On the use of garages new Focusless 12 Mar 10 19:24
 On the use of garages new BiggerBadderDave 12 Mar 10 20:09
 On the use of garages new Dave 12 Mar 10 20:32
 On the use of garages new WellKnownSid 15 Mar 10 09:08
 On the use of garages new L'escargot 15 Mar 10 08:03
 On the use of garages new L'escargot 13 Mar 10 07:33
 On the use of garages new tyro 13 Mar 10 09:14
 On the use of garages new - 13 Mar 10 09:42
 On the use of garages new Bagpuss 14 Mar 10 14:39
 On the use of garages new Westpig 14 Mar 10 17:42
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