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Schools Close for 3/4 inches of Snow...
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When I was a kid in the mid fifties I use to walk about a mile + to school all year round and if it snowed we still got there, and in them days it could be a foot or more.
If the heating broke down we just put on our coats and carried on with the lessons, it never did us any harm.
The kids today don't know how lucky they are!!!!
If the heating broke down we just put on our coats and carried on with the lessons, it never did us any harm.
The kids today don't know how lucky they are!!!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Back in the 1950s most teachers didn't have cars. They lived close to the school and so they could still get there in severe weather.
These days nearly all teachers have cars and often live 50 miles or more from their workplace. If the teachers can't get in, there's not much point in the children being there!
These days nearly all teachers have cars and often live 50 miles or more from their workplace. If the teachers can't get in, there's not much point in the children being there!
We have been saying the same this week, I can't ever remember being sent home or allowed a day off. At our Grammar School, in the early 60s, the heating broke down in freezing temps and we all congregated in various halls for exercises to keep warm! and yes - we walked through snowdrifts to get there too...... but thought it was great!
My mother was the headmistress at my junior school.
I can always remember answering the phone to a teacher asking if the school would be open that day because of the snow.
I thought she was going mad as there was no snow outside our door.
The teacher who lived about 10 miles away said the snow was about 15 inches deep by her.
When we got to the school there was a slight covering but nothing to cause problems.
The pupils who lived in the direction of the teacher said there was about 3 inches of snow but not enough to cause problems.
The maximum distance any pupil lived from the school was about 3 miles.
It appears the further away from the school you got in the one direction the deeper the snow got.
Martin
I can always remember answering the phone to a teacher asking if the school would be open that day because of the snow.
I thought she was going mad as there was no snow outside our door.
The teacher who lived about 10 miles away said the snow was about 15 inches deep by her.
When we got to the school there was a slight covering but nothing to cause problems.
The pupils who lived in the direction of the teacher said there was about 3 inches of snow but not enough to cause problems.
The maximum distance any pupil lived from the school was about 3 miles.
It appears the further away from the school you got in the one direction the deeper the snow got.
Martin