How Come

Our mums didn't work and we mostly walked to school. Now mums work so have to make alternative arrangements and most kids are driven to schools miles away and many drivers are unused to driving on an inch of snow so the roads are chaotic. Makes perfect sense to me.

 

You crouched down and two of your mates hurled you as fast as they could down the skiddy patch with one arm each. We called it little daddy for some reason.

 

Kek juniors had a swimming pool back in the 80s because we were posh as ****.

 

Agreed, the council of flintshire about 6 miles from me have closed all schools for today, did this yesterday as it said we would get snow, never came so kids are off school in whole county and no snow came that I know of. Ridicolous decision

 

Still had it up to about 10 years ago and then ripped out for offices. Surprised nobody ended up with typhoid swimming in it

 

As usual, the generation that complains the most about the schools closing are the generation that voted for the politicians - local and national - that close the schools.

And we had snow days back in the 80s - not many but I remember at least 1 or 2. Although I can remember the headmaster calling us into assembly and announcing that school was closing but the bad news was that the last bus had already left. 200 or so of us had to walk from Darfield back to Houghton in knee deep snow.

 

What difference does it make if the kids are in school whether both parents work? Equally more people work from home now.

 

Don't quite get all your nostalgic sarcasm, as for trying to build an agenda comparing a time before versus present times, today is still awash with racism,sexism perhaps you didn't read the reports about our own club this week? and the world is still a very very unstable place so not alot has changed.
This is a post about schools closing down the day before for what is at present a bit of sleet northing more nothing less.

 

This thread honks of gammon. Schools are all open around here btw. Cry more.

 

Fantastic. Only on the BBS could a simple post about snow depths turn into accusations of how memories of this are indicators of voting for Brexit, outrageous gammon nostalgia, racism, sexism and being responsible for school closures.

 

A very accurate description of the Princess. The car that is.

 

Gammon? Surely you mean Snowflakes?

 

Typical boomer snowflakes, complaining about something that hasn't happened.

 

if you think that sexism and racism are as prevalent today as they were in the good old days then I have a bridge to sell you.

Society isnt perfect. Some things are better. Some are worse. Society moves on. You either nice with it or spend your days shouting at (snow) clouds. I’d recommend the former.

 

Start delayed and likely to be abandoned at Donny races

 

If school is going to be closed they need to make alternate arrangements or take a day off work and leaving it till too late makes that difficult if not impossible. Even announcing closure the day before might make it very difficult. Hence schools are under pressure to make a decision early and almost always decide to close.

 

Have to agree that closing schools based on a weather forecast is just plain daft.

 

Just returned from a trip to Hoyland. Its a little bad up there. Just skidded most of the length of King Street with my foot down on the brakes.... Also saw a van go straight into the back of a car on the one-way system.