"Stephen Wolstenholme" schreef in bericht

: I was at school during that long cold winter. The school never shut.
: It was about a mile walk to school.

My experience too - as I described a couple of days ago.

:I assume part of
: the current problem with schools is that many children and parents
: have given up walking!

Yes. Another part of the problem is that school administrators have given
up thinking.

Colin Youngs
Brussels - where, despite a full 3 cm of trampled down snow, there is not
a school closure to be seen.