So, if people live further away from their place of work then they make themselves extra time to walk. Quite simple, really, if one thinks about it!
In 1961/2 the whole country had over one foot of snow on Boxing Day, which lasted for several weeks. The day after Boxing Day, still snowing, many people walked 10 miles to work and then another 10 miles home that evening. The workers who were late for work or "couldn't get there" all lived close to their employment!
By the following day many major roads were "passable" if one could negotiate the frozen ruts 12 inches high.
The snow was eventually cleared with bulldozers and diggers, the ice often being dumped on river banks to eventually melt, but that was several weeks later.
Strangely, the schools and shops, offices etc. still operated.
Have people today lost their sense of loyalty to their work?
Colyn.