Re: The Beast From The East?
Yes, I remember the winter of 1963
I 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!