[Margaret Pilkington]

I do not remember any day in my school life when the school closed because of the weather
I remember the boiler breaking down at school in the middle of Winter...did they send us home?
What a stupid question...of course they didn't....they made us sit in our coats.
I can remember doing cross country running in the middle of winter...in gym knickers and lightweight plimsolls, I remember slipping and falling in the stream that dissected Priestley Clough(which was where our run took us)....I can remember the games mistress telling us we all had to get showered ...the water was cold.

Did any of this do me any harm?
I can't say that it did.
We do not give the children a chance to have the kind of experiences in life that will help them to grow, be more rounded individuals...this has got to be detrimental to them...Far more so than our (unwelcome, but valuable) experiences did.