Exactly, Bonzo3legs, I also went to school in the early fifties, and it never closed. We walked quite a long distance, but totally loved it, snowballs and snowfights along the way. But we walked everywhere then, no cars at all. And we were dressed in enormous amounts of clothing, all woollen. Also, no central heating, so we were very hardy. I had ice on the inside of my bedroom window every morning. I have to say, I never felt particularly cold! (How times have changed!)