Complete the text using was / were, there was / there were.

This is a picture of my town thirty years ago. 1).......... a lot of shops in the High Street. They 2)............. open from 9 till 5. 3)............ a library too. It 4).......... open until late some evenings. 5)............ so many books there! At the corner of my street 6).......... a sweet shop. It 7)........... a small shop but inside 8)........... hundreds of jars of sweets and chocolstes. It 9)........... my favourite shop! 10)........... many cars in my town, so 11).......... a lot of traffic. I knew a lot of people in the town. They 12).......... all very friendly. I had many friends at school. They 13).......... all very easy-going. After school we usually played football. 14)............ a football field behind my school. It 15)......... quite small, but we didn't care!

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