I believe my school walk was around 3/4 of a mile, rain, snow, fog sun....
Gas street lights and the feller who came weekly on his pushbike with a short ladder to clean the lights, wind the time switch up, set the on and off times and change the mantle when necessary..
Night watchmen, who stood guard over holes dug in the roads.
Policemen, who patrolled their beat, on nights checked shop doors to make sure they were locked.
Sunday's, when everything was "dead", very few shops open, except off licenses and sweet shops.
Streets where hardly a car was seen and safe for us kids to play on al