A sprinkling of snow and loads of schools shut down

My mam made me go she said your  not mythering me all day and making my life a misery

I said the heating might not be working .she said all the better you will know what to expect if there's another world war and the army post you to Russia in winter .you will know what to expext

I said the teachers might not turn up .she said then learn how to tie your shoelaces off one of your friends .that will take you all day

I said the snows getting heavier it might bury me. She said don't worry they will find you when it thaws out

sign of the times I'm afraid

nanny state
pampered kids
snowflake attitudes
feelings above facts

She said get to school your going wether you like it or not I said what if someone throws  a snowball at me and it has a stone in it and it blinds me .She said don't worry I'll tell your dad to go round to his parents and give them a piece for his mind

I Said I'm already shivering she said you will be if you don't stop eating them iced pops.youve already ate 7

She said put your hat and coat on and get to school .I said what if I slip on the ice and break something she said. I'm not bothered so long as it's not your free pair of glasses off the  NHS as I've no money to buy you another pair . She said put them in the tea cosy to protect them .but make sure you don't forget to bring it home after school

Your cap lock key broken ?

SHe said make sure you hold your brother's hand when you cross the road .I said what so I won't slip she said no so he won't slip

Reynard no I'm a changed person .

Transgender ?

Fear of litigation means schools close in snow. If a little darling slipped on ice the parents would sue.

In our day our parents would tell us only nancies fall over.

I was made to go when it was very very very cold years ago it got  much colder than today's winters   .It was before global warming .One of my school friends got eaten by a polar bear on his way to school

Penguins used to come to the school gates at dinner time to see us slide on the slides we had made in the school playground

yeah them slides on flat playground were great - we used to make really long long ones

The homeless used to make igloos on spare land .thats why there was very few homeless .People got on with it in them days .They didn't just moan they did something about it and made igloos.

They didn't come upto you asking you for money for food .they told you the truth and asked for  money to buy a pint

All them homeless  children went to school in the snow .they didn't go just for the free school meals they went for a  warm

My then school in Streatham, when I was aged from 6 until 9, had an outside loo at the bottom of the playground. In the Winter you would literally be freezing to death when you asked to be excused to go for a Jimmy. Also they had the 'tracing paper' loo roll which was not much fun either!

Children at my school walked to school without socks to get there .it wasn't that they had none it was because most of them were too cold to put them on or forgot to put them on  .There was no central heating where i lived

Children at my school walked to school without socks to get there .it wasn't that they had none it was because most of them were too cold to put them on or forgot to put them on  .There was no central heating where i lived

Yes slippy are you sure it wasn't my school in Manchester we had the same

If you had wooden toilet seats in the outside toilet I bet you went to the same school as me .

Same for me, IZAL toilet paper was standard issue in most schools.

Sounds like you had a really tough mother there Do wah Diddy. But I loved reading your posts. Also glad you have figured out how to turn off the caps lock Great work.

As Injera mentioned, the fear of litigation makes most schools act like this. Better off sending the kids home then worrying about all the winter services, playground safety etc etc. And this litigation comes from the parents, who are the older generation, not millennials. This is how the system has developed. The older generation will die complaining about it. But it is the norm to hear older people say 'in our times people were tough and did it like this and that'. No one gives a fk about it. I am a 90s kid and I grew up hearing all sort of nonsense. Now I can see why everyone was p1ssed when I see millennials. You take away their phone and they may not even be able to find their way back home. But that is how it is. People change. What's the point in comparing them to previous generations?

Skools!!???  We were two busy picking spuds  -  hope this helps

comparing to previous generations shows how the youngsters are so very wrong in how they behave

stabsville being a wonderful example

glad to have helped

Told you the truth and asked for money for pint. Quality.

Tracing paper toilet roll, spud picking. Happy memories.

Have you forgotten where your capslock key is?

Do wah Diddy should be a stand up comedian, his talent is wasted on here.

There should be a Do wah Diddy current affairs thread.