1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went 7
years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

Trevor
East Yorkshire

we had another 7cm y'day and overnight, schools closed and I will not bother
with the gym, non treated roads lethal.

JT Solihull

"Trevor Appleton" wrote in message
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1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went 7
years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

Trevor
East Yorkshire

On 21/01/13 08:13, Trevor Appleton wrote:
1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went
7 years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

Trevor
East Yorkshire

May be of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11875885

1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went 7
years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

I know what you mean Trevor, I walked to school in some bad blizzards in the
60s but today they only have to see a snowflake


Graham

On 21/01/2013 08:13, Trevor Appleton wrote:
1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went
7 years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

Trevor
East Yorkshire

No, you're not an old fart Trevor, just complaining about the excessive
safeness of modern society. Councils are terrified of being sued,
because little Johnny suffered a bruised arm from falling on the snow.

On 21/01/2013 08:25, Adam Lea wrote:
On 21/01/13 08:13, Trevor Appleton wrote:
1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went
7 years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

Trevor
East Yorkshire

May be of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11875885


Blab, blah, blah

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:13:09 -0000, Trevor Appleton wrote:

1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I
went 7 years in the 60's without a closure once.

I can remember walking to primary school, unaccompanied, through a foot of
snow several times in the second half of the 60's. IIRC the secondary school
shut once, when the heating failed, no snow.

The big problem these days is that a lot of the school staff live too far
from the school to walk in (ie greater than 3 or 4 miles or an hours walk).

No school buses for us today but both schools are open, secondary on a
revised timetable with lessons starting at 1015 ending 1415 but the school is
open for pupils the full normal hours. 50% of the teachers can get in, all
the support staff can get in, they live close enough. Don't know what the
Primary School is doing as we no longer have a child going there but it's not
listed as "closed".

Just come back from dropping the kids off, the road hasn't been ploughed
(yet), has several inches of snow cover, and the occasional drift to a foot
or so but it's dry powder snow so easy enough to drive through in a 4WD...

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

No, you're not an old fart Trevor, just complaining about the
excessive safeness of modern society. Councils are terrified
of being sued, because little Johnny suffered a bruised arm
from falling on the snow.

I'm not even sure that's the main reason, though I was shocked
to read that children aren't supposed to be allowed out to play
when there is snow.

I can see the point about needing to have enough staff to
supervise the children, but the rest of it is hot air.

I think it's this business about a school's absentee record. If
they stay open, and some children don't turn up because they
can't get there, they have to record unauthorised absences. Then
when they submit their returns, they get a black mark from
OfSted for a high rate of absenteeism. There should be some way
of getting round this, which is red tape, pure and simple.

We never missed a day at school because of snow, and we were
never, ever, driven to school, let alone in a 4x4 by a parent
who hadn't a clue how to drive on snow and ice. We walked, every
day, without exception, though admittedly is wasn't more than
hundreds of yards. There was a bus for children who lived more
than three miles from the school, and I had friends who walked
very nearly three miles each way every day, rain, shine, ice or
snow, from the age of five. These days I think transport is
provided for children who live more than one mile away.

Anne

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:49:19 -0000, Anne Burgess wrote:

I can see the point about needing to have enough staff to
supervise the children, but the rest of it is hot air.

I agree. As kids we used to have a great time making the playground a slippy
as possible with slides...

I think it's this business about a school's absentee record.

That as you say is a paper pushers beaucrates problem and easy to solve.

These days I think transport is provided for children who live more
than one mile away.

No it's still three miles before you get the school bus (or taxi) for free.
You can live closer than three miles and still get free transport if there is
no safe walking route. Walking along a road without a pavement is not safe.

Of course these days nonbody walks further than their front door to the car.
There are kids driven to school from homes less than 400yds away from the
school...

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

"Graham" wrote in message
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1 inch of snow here in East Yorkshire and the schools are closed. I went 7
years in the 60's without a closure once. Hey I'm sounding like an old
fart - yeah!

I know what you mean Trevor, I walked to school in some bad blizzards in
the 60s but today they only have to see a snowflake


Walk you walked?
The snow was so bad at times when I was a lad we had to crawl on our knees
through t'snow as the wind was so strong you couldn't stand up. And that
was after a breakfast of lard and coal :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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