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There is often little or no difference in meaning between the past perfect simple and the past simple.
✓ We'd lived next to the gym for a couple of months before I decided to join.
✓ We lived next to the gym for a couple of months before I decided to join.
• After we have used the past perfect simple once, we often then use the past simple instead of continuing to use the past perfect.
I had already had one flying lesson, which was great fun, and I knew immediately that I wanted to get my pilot's licence.
• Phrases such as It was the first/second/etc time... are followed by the past perfect simple.
✓ It was the second time I'd been on a plane.
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