In article ,
Philip Eden writes:

"John Hall" wrote in message
...

There was one day in early March, 1966 when, following heavy overnight
snow, I was unable to get to school (which was 8 miles from my home),
but I believe that the school was open.
--
I hate to correct you, John,

Force yourself.

but I think you mean 1965 (4th March, just
like five years later).

I thought that I was in the Lower Sixth at the time, which would have
made it 1966, but I suppose that I was actually in the Fifth.

Likewise, we never missed a day at Luton Grammar School in 1962-63,
although the thermometer in music room, a rooftop addendum and
therefore subject to dodgy radiators, showed just 37ºF in the freezing
fog of Jan 23/24, and we sat there wrapped up in coats, gloves and
scarves singing hymns. These days, of course, Health and Safety
wouldn't allow it ... not to mention the teachers' unions.

Going back a little further, to my primary school days, I remember
several occasions - I suspect in February 1956 - when we found ice in
the top of our bottles of free milk when we drank them at mid-morning
break.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)