days gone by

idiom

: days/times in the past : bygone days

They have many happy memories of days gone by.

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Every year, the island celebrates July Fourth with a beach parade and fireworks over the bay. 12 Old Orchard Beach, Maine Old Orchard Beach, about 30 minutes south of Portland, has seven miles of beach as well as a historic pier and boardwalk harkening back to days gone by. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023

General mayhem seems to have dominated the news in April in days gone by. —Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2023

In the deepening dusk a graceful cascade of light drops from above, reminding visitors of days gone by. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022

Companies now have mobile apps and ecommerce platforms for customers to order anytime anywhere instead of before the doors close at 5 O’clock at the bricks-and-mortar shop of days gone by. —Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022

She’s surrounded by mementos of days gone by from her birthplace of Wotton-under-Edge, England. —Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021

Of course, no two nurseries are the same, and many moms and dads still decorate with the bright yellows, reds, and blues of days gone by. —Amelia Tait, Wired, 26 Nov. 2021

The Fruit Cake Follies’ Campy sendup of classic Christmas variety specials from days gone by. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021

Bring home the charm with these quaint signs—guaranteed to evoke happy memories of days gone by, while creating new ones at the same time. —Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2021

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