近所の神社の参道で撮影していたら
老人に話しかけられました。
まだ東武伊勢崎線が高架じゃなくて
ここに鉄橋あったことを聞き、
その頃の風景は良かったでしょうね〜って言ったら、
その頃の綾瀬川はまるでドブ川で
かなり臭うこともあったとか。
風景も、車両も、
昔は良かったなんて考えちゃうけど、
今の時代のほうが良いことも
たくさんあるんだよなぁ。
（東武伊勢崎線／蒲生〜新田）
I was talked to by an old man when I was taking photos on the approach of a shrine near my house.
I heard that there had been an railway bridge for Tobu Isesaki line here before building overhead railway.
So I said the scenery at that time must have been better, but he said Ayasegawa River was a dirty river at that time so sometimes smelled quite bad.
We tend to imagine an old age was better than now but there are a lot of things that are better nowadays.