It's London.  It's snowing.  The daughters university in Stoke has closed and have just been notified that the sons school is sending the children home at midday.  I went to school and college in the 60s and 70s and trust me, the winters back then were far more cold.  I cannot think of a single event that caused either establishment to close for the day.  It would have taken an avalanche and then, maybe, they just might have considered it.  Snow meant one thing.  Extreme fun.  Jeez, just call me cantankerous!