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[Varche]

six o'clock BBC news.

Interview with a mother talking about the school being closed." so the children can build Snowmans"!

I can see the problem. Get those schools reopened quickly. 

I do not remember schools being closed when we were children. In fact as a countryside dweller our journey was often tough. I remember one occasion walking 2.5 miles through drifting snow, catching the service bus and then walking the 30 minutes to school from the depot. An eagle eyed teacher spotted me arriving at about ten a.m. and I had to report to the head for a caning for being late. ( It was raining at the school ) 

[TheBoy]

And we wonder why society is turning out like it is.

We never had "teacher training days" either.  Seems to be the slightest excuse now....

[BazaJT]

Didn't matter what the weather was you went to school simple as that.Quite a few times in winter you'd get there and the teachers would say "The heating boiler has broken down,you can keep your coats on".

[TheBoy]

Didn't matter what the weather was you went to school simple as that.Quite a few times in winter you'd get there and the teachers would say "The heating boiler has broken down,you can keep your coats on".

You softie, we couldn't even do that on the frequent times our school boiler didn't work...   ...it appeared it wasn't able to function if it was cold.

[Bigron]

Is that why they are known as "The Snowflake Generation"?

Ron.

[STEMO]

When it snowed, we had to set off at half four in the morning and walk 27 miles to school. Our mam gave us a cold spud to eat on the way. When we got there we got a good hiding for being two minutes late and the PE teachers would take turns to bum us. We never got home till about two in the morning and we were locked out cos mam and dad had got pissed up and gone to bed. We had to sleep in the out side lavvy and eat bits of the Liverpool Echo that was there to wipe your arse on.
Them were the days.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

You got a cold spud ? Lucky bastard, don't know your born. All I had to eat was my own toenails, and I had to bite them off myself.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Didn't matter what the weather was you went to school simple as that.Quite a few times in winter you'd get there and the teachers would say "The heating boiler has broken down,you can keep your coats on".

Ah....happy days.

Yep......fair few sadistic bastards pretending to be teachers back then though. I took more than my share of beatings from the headmaster who seemed to get off on such things.

I can remember my 9 year old sister and a 7 year old Opti walking through deep snow to get to school. No adults required to 'wrap us in cotton wool'

 If it didn't kill you they called it 'character building' way back then.

[STEMO]

You got a cold spud ? Lucky bastard, don't know your born. All I had to eat was my own toenails, and I had to bite them off myself.

I think I’d have starved to death first. 

[Andy B]

I remember walking to school in the snow on my very first day at school 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

You got a cold spud ? Lucky bastard, don't know your born. All I had to eat was my own toenails, and I had to bite them off myself.

I think I’d have starved to death first. 

Not as bad as you might think. Quite a cheesy flavour. Like eating coarsely ground Parmesan. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

You got a cold spud ? Lucky bastard, don't know your born. All I had to eat was my own toenails, and I had to bite them off myself.

I think I’d have starved to death first. 

Nah.....if you were properly hungry you'd eat Albs toenails and enjoy every crunchy bite.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I well remember a really heavy bout of snow when I was at Primary school. On the way home there was a really long downhill section.
My mates and I sat at the kerbside waiting for cars to come past at about 10mph. Just as they passed we would hop out behind them and grab the rear bumper, and get a superb downhill slide for 200 yards or so.
One bloke saw us, stopped the car and got out and chased us. His yelling sounded something like "comereyeweebastisdsIllkickthefickinshiteoutayous"
Laugh ? we nearly shat. 

[STEMO]

I well remember a really heavy bout of snow when I was at Primary school. On the way home there was a really long downhill section.
My mates and I sat at the kerbside waiting for cars to come past at about 10mph. Just as they passed we would hop out behind them and grab the rear bumper, and get a superb downhill slide for 200 yards or so.
One bloke saw us, stopped the car and got out and chased us. His yelling sounded something like "comereyeweebastisdsIllkickthefickinshiteoutayous"
Laugh ? we nearly shat. 

Yes. It’s a wonder any of us made it to adulthood, the things we used to do for ‘fun’. I jumped off the back of a bus between stops cause I saw my mate and smacked straight into a lamppost. I jumped off the bay window cause my dad had grounded me and hit the ground running with no adverse effects (till I got home). I nearly set fire to the house with matches, candles and various other inflammables quite a few times.
Proper growing up stuff. 

[STEMO]

Oh....and I ruined me mams best pan melting Lego bricks in it.