01-03-2018, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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Beast from the East? More like Hysteria from Siberia.It's England, it's winter, it snows... get over it.
It would be far more newsworthy if it snowed where I live.
Anyway I do remember the winter of 62/3 I walked to school every day (where the pervading smell was of socks being dried on the radiators)
These are exceptional temperatures and conditions .
Go and have another tinny and feel smug about yourself .
01-03-2018, 11:40 PM
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it was a tad chilly. How we managed to pass that course I still don’t know.
01-03-2018, 11:41 PM
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Yes, I remember the winter of 1963I travelled 10 miles to school, it didn't close, neither did any of the other local schools. The bus was a double decker with no doors, just an open platform at the back
I don't remember many pupils or teachers not coming in; if that happened they just juggled things around
Like many people, I can't understand this wholesale closing of schools at the first sign of snow or other bad weather
Dad's car was a Ford Squire, an estate version of the Popular?.
Like many cars of the period it didn't have a heater, and you were just as cold at the end of a journey as at the beginning. We were well wrapped, and Mum made me wear a hot water bottle on a string round my neck, under my jacket
Japanese cars had heaters, radios, and so on as standard. No wonder they made a killing!
01-03-2018, 11:50 PM
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Re: The Beast From The East?
Originally Posted by zuludog
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Yes, I remember the winter of 1963I travelled 10 miles to school, it didn't close, neither did any of the other local schools. The bus was a double decker with no doors, just an open platform at the back
I don't remember many pupils or teachers not coming in; if that happened they just juggled things around
Like many people, I can't understand this wholesale closing of schools at the first sign of snow or other bad weather
Dad's car was a Ford Squire, an estate version of the Popular?.
Like many cars of the period it didn't have a heater, and you were just as cold at the end of a journey as at the beginning. We were well wrapped, and Mum made me wear a hot water bottle on a string round my neck, under my jacket
Japanese cars had heaters, radios, and so on as standard. No wonder they made a killing!
Even against Councils or Schools people will look for a claim
(No I'm not kidding)
It's safer.. especially when staffing is at a minimum..that schools are closed in adverse weather conditions.
Unfortunate but necessary
01-03-2018, 11:54 PM
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We haven't really been bothered by the "Beast From The East"Other counties around us have, Eire is on a red warning even
But Emma is a different matter, She's giving us a battering already and whipping up the snow we have had. The electric is on and off as well
But we have had worse weather this year
02-03-2018, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Rehab44
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Crikey! I was in Catterick North Yorks undergoing trade training, the classrooms were Nissen huts heated by a pot bellied coal stove. The headphones made of Bakelite were so cold they almost stuck to your ears, transmitting Morse code in gloves was a bit of a challenge it was a tad chilly. How we managed to pass that course I still don’t know.
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