God knows what would have happened in 1963............

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Three months of the Big Freeze and we didn't miss one Day at Wombwell High.</p>

We had Maths and Geography in an outside classroom with no heating and we were instructed to keep our coats on.
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Staff were more dedicated then, the School never closed and we were not afraid of a bit of snow and Ice.</p>

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kids nowadays - they dunt know their born

And we used to live in a cardboard box in middle of road

 

Sums it up really. Its not the weather that is the problem.

Its the infrastructure.</p>

If we had the amount of people and cars we have now in 1963, the infrastructure then wouldn't have been able to cope either. Except it would have been reported as a &quot;weather problem&quot;. Much like it is today. Big Brother type disinformation.</p>

And people didn't commute as much then. People tended to work and be schooled in or close to their own community.</p>

 

More mobile workforce now, how many of your teachers lived in Sheffield and Leeds in 1963? Bet that's a big factor. I agree though, The fear of something that 'might' happen is often a convenient excuse for not going in. Blame culture and all that eh?

 

Tell my wife that she lived in Dunford Bridge and still got to her School in Penistone every Day.

 

RE: Sums it up really. Its not the weather that is the problem.

He's also forgotten that the schools were shut for a week at the start of the "big freeze"!

As for the "teacher" comment..... Just contemptible. Nearest school to me up here was shut yesterday (no buses running) but nearly all the staff made it in all day.

 

Just not true.

 

No it wasn't I remember clearing 3 foot of snow out of the back yard so I could get to the Road.
The School didn't close at all.
If any teacher couldn't get in classes were merged.

 

You were lucky

I used to live in a septic tank on an old rubbish tip. Got woken up every norning by having 3 tons of rotting fish dumped all over me.

 

Would it all have been such big news .......

if it hadnt dumped so much on London.
Schools have always shut in bad weather,
not because the playground was frozen but usually cos the pipes burst or the boiler packed in.
Life looks great now I'm old enough to wear these rose tinted specs when I remember the olden days.

Kids today they don't know they're born!!!!

 

I was going to post the same thing.

They wouldn't have given a **** if there were no buses or public transport anywhere north of Milton Keynes.

 

Of course, everything carried on as normal in the good old days!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article3213284.ece</p>

You mad old fool you! </p>

 

Nice not to have some "expert" bleating on about global warming though........... nt

 

Yes, OK. Your memory. Don't want to spoil it.

 

I didn't say every thing carried on as normal.

We just didn't quit as easily.

We had no central heating so it didn't matter if you were at home or in School you were still cold.

The only luxury we had at home was a hot water bottle.

 

Remember Midland Road Royston a foot of solid ice for weeks

Cant remember the year mid fifties but can recall no buses ran for weeks and getting anywhere you needed snow chains.