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I was 16 too Carole, and Bert, you were right - tt was called Tonight with the lovely Cliff Michelmore.
I remember going to get the bus every morning and waiting for ages for it to come. There were a few occasions when the bus didn't get through and we would walk home again, frozen stiff. It was our first year living in a village after moving to Bedfordshire from London. The schools didn't close, but, as you say, if we were late, we were excused.