Noun
past times remembered with nostalgia
Source: WordNetIn old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting. John Ruskin
One is telling a story about old times when someone breaks in with a little detail that he happens to know, implying that one's own version is inaccurate - disgusting behavior! Sei Shōnagon
People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral. Heinrich Heine
In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. Samuel Butler (novelist)
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down. Charles Dickens
I care about being able to play. If you're playing with integrity in the music, then that's what matters. But it wasn't that great for me because it was kinda like going back into the old times without the guy. Bill Kreutzmann