Schools shut by snow and ice
Last updated at 17:33, Tuesday, 05 January 2010
SCHOOLS around Cumbria were shut today due to snow and ice.
The schools closed in South Cumbria and Millom include;
St Bernard's Catholic High School, Barrow
Furness Academy North Site and South Site
Ulverston Victoria High School
Dowdales School, Dalton
Cartmel CE Priory School
Millom School
John Ruskin School, Coniston
The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge
Windermere St Anne's School
Chapel Street Infant and Nursery School, Dalton
George Romney Junior School, Dalton
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary, Dalton
Newton School, Newton near Dalton
Roose School in Barrow
Victoria Junior School, Barrow
Ireleth St Peter's CE School
Sandside Lodge School, Ulverston
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston
Broughton In Furness CE School
Low Furness CE Primary School, Great Urswick
Waberthwaite C of E Primary School, Millom
Thwaites Primary School, Millom
Captain Shaw's Ce Primary, Bootle
Grange Primary and Nursery School
Flookburgh CE Primary School
Allithwaite CE Primary School, near Grange
Dean Barwick Primary School, Witherslack
Windermere CE Junior School
Goodly Dale Community Primary School, Windermere
St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School, Windermere
St Mary's CE Nursery and Infant School, Windermere
Elleray Preparatory School, Windermere
Coniston Primary School
Langdale CE Primary School, near Ambleside (open to children in the village only, please do not travel)
Schools closed elsewhere in Cumbria include; Crosby Ravensworth CE Primary School, Penrith, Lees Hill, CE School, Brampton, Fir Ends School, Smithfield, Shankhill Primary School, St Michael's CE Primary School, Dalston, Caldew School, Dalston, Trinity School,Carlisle, Kirkbampton CE Primary School, Carlisle, Allendale First School, Allendale Middle School, St Mary's CE Primary, Kirkby Lonsdale, Ullswater Community College, Skelton Primary School, St Thomas School, Kendal, Kirkbampton Primary School, Old Hutton school, near Kendal, St Mark's CE Primary School, Natland, Holme Cultram Abbey C of E School, Orton Primary School, Appleby Grammer School, Sandgate Special School in Kendal, Hayton Primary School near Brampton, Crosscrake Nursery & Primary School, Kendal, Bolton Primary School, Appleby, William Howard School, Brampton, Ivegill C of E school, Carlisle
Lanercost School, Brampton, Appleby Primary School, Warwick Bridge Primary School, Carlisle, High Hesket School, Carlisle,
Shap School.
*In South Cumbria Walney School is currently OPEN but the senior school may close early. Barrow's colleges, Furness College and Barrow Sixth Form College and Barrow Sixth Form College are both OPEN.
The bad weather also affected traffic.
Police reported that a HGV lorry was struggling to get up a hill at Lowick, near to Spark Bridge, at around 4.10am today. It managed to make its way up the hill after snow chains were fitted to the wheels.
And around 20 minutes later on the M6, between junctions 35 and 36, a wagon skidded into the central
reservation.
Police said the driver was not injured.
Many parts of Furness were hit by snow last night. Around an inch of snow fell in Marton.
The snow was not as heavy in Barrow but it left many roads and pavements in the town slushy and slippery this morning.
The Met Office said Cumbria would be hit by more rain, sleet and snow today, leading to widespread ice on untreated surfaces.
The Met Office said snow showers were likely to become heavy at times and it urged the public to take care.
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First published at 07:16, Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
I note the closures of so many schools due to snow. I recall heavier local snow some years ago, but, with care, managed to get to get to Barrow to teach.
When I was a child (yes, play the violins) I can't ever recall snow closing schools. If necessary, we walked there in wellingtons. During breaks, children made highly polished slides in the playground, or if snowing, played in the snow.
When I reached my teens I had to travel on the bus to get to my junior art school. Once the bus slid on ice and did a complete turn but we got to the town. Then walking from the bus stop to the school (a little distance away) at one place, snow came over the top of my wellingtons. We were expected to get there and we did. I had severe chilblains (due to lack of heat at home â coal rationing, only one fire in the kitchen, no central heating, no electric or gas fire). Cold was NORMAL for most people.
Everybody shovelled snow from paths. Buses always seemed to run - even in fog. No, not 'the good old days' but maybe we were more determined and the council made sure traffic could move?
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Unfortunately we now have a situation in the 'real' world where we have health and safety regulation upon health and safety regulation and people that would make a claim at the drop of a hat. It is this, I feel, that has affected so many of the closed schools and not caused by so called laziness. The majority of teachers made it into work yesterday only to be told the schools were closed and sent back home again.
I appreciate your words Gladys but I really wouldnt have wanted my child on either of the buses that crashed in Barrow yesterday due to the weather.Posted by real world on 6 January 2010 at 15:12