Another word for old-days

In the old days there was a hand pump in the kitchen and no hot water you didn't boil yourself.

I mentioned how this here place was a boarding house in the old days and now it's a fine bed and breakfast.

Each passing year brought the mayhem further northward, causing the old timers and the local newspaper to fret for the good old days when violence was no worse than a dog fight.

And reminds me of the old days.

No wonder chaperones were considered a necessity in the old days.