in times past

• yesteryearTime not long past
• oldenOf a distant past
• ancientVery old indeed
• bygoneOf earlier times
• formerlyIn the past

once · ago · history · ancestors · memory · nostalgia · faded · forgotten · generations · elders · chronicles · sepia · dusty · vintage · antique · lore · tales · heirloom

• story phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, the end, long ago, a long time ago