good old days, when I started flying in 1988
in the early 90's the closest dwelling to 26 on the private strip I used was 3 miles straight down the centre line with nothing a 1000m either side. All approaches to 26 made very good use of the 500 ft rule
if I still flew there today what with all the camera's phones etc I don't think I'd dare skim over the tree tops at 135kt...
I have my chart from 1990 somewhere.... I should imagine one from the 1970s would be even more depressing to look at!