How far did you walk to school ?

Back in the day, I used to walk just over five furlongs along a quiet country road, in whatever the weather threw at me, to where the school bus picked me up. It was then a four plus mile bus ride to school.

I started school when I was four and when my brother started the following year, we both walked together unaccompanied. Life was different back then.

At that time I can vaguely remember an ‘argument’ between my mother and a man. It transpired that where we lived, there was another country school and we fell just within it’s catchment area. The man was visiting to tell my mother that she HAD to send me to this school, even if it meant walking the all but three miles to get there.
So, it was half a mile to a school bus, or a walk of almost three miles.
To describe my mother as strong willed and stubborn would be an understatement, and she eventually ended up demanding that the guy walk the three miles with her to see what it would be like for a four year old.

Sensibly he backed down and I went to the school of choice.

Although we walked to and from the bus stop by ourselves, she drilled it into us to never talk to strangers……..something we rarely ever saw in that rural area anyway, only people we knew or knew of us.
I’m guessing I’d have been around the age of seven, when one day we were walking home and came across an elderly couple sitting on the side of the road having a little picnic.
We got talking and they asked the usual sort of questions like where we went to school, what were our favourite subjects etc and gave us a packet of ginger biscuits to walk home with.

Our mistake was to be still eating them when we walked into the house. I can’t remember regarding my brother, but I had my ass whacked a few times with a riding crop…….AND, I sure didn’t do it again.

A lesson learned the hard way. :) :) :)
 
Three miles there, three miles back. Sometimes twice a day if I had forgotten the rules about coloured socks or collarless shirts. Sent home in those days meant a walk back, on your own, to get changed. Obviously I'd hang around at home before strolling back via the chippy. No one at home, Mum worked 10am - 3pm.
 
Bill Walker said:
Back in the 60's no fucker got a lift to school. Not like today. I had about a 2 mile walk to school and when it was pissing down (quite often) you just got wet. It's funny though I don't remember sitting in the classroom wet through, but we must've done.
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Definitely remember a few trousers on the radiator lessons.
 
In my country, there are many boarding school. Students in rural areas, it's common their homes are more than 10 miles away from the school. But yeah, here comes again, "human right", "culture genocide".fuck
 
Cycled everyday at secondary school, 3 miles each way in all weathers. Two rows of bicycle sheds and a chain and padlock, those were the days. Even did a morning paper round before going to school.
 
0.5 Mile to primary and 1.5mile to High school. The walk home was my favorite part of the day just messing about with your mates having a laugh (We had 11 forms of 30 in our year so chances of having class with your mates wasn't high)
 
About a mile to walk each way to Infants and Junior school.
I had a 5 mile bus ride each way to Senior school, but sometimes walked so I could spend my bus fare on sweets!
 
Our house backed onto my primary school, so occasionally used to climb the back fence. Usually at weekends though, so I could get on the fields with my mates and play footy in the nets, or ride my bike down the big hill (until I fell off and broke my nose)

Secondary school was about 3 miles. Always used to walk, never got a lift. Walking back used to be via the shops, calling into Hamsons (now greggs) for reduced donuts just before they closed at 4pm. Just pissing around walking back up the fields

In year 10, two of my mates (the sort who were 6ft and had a full beard at 15) bought a car off eBay so they used to go to school driving that. I was much happier walking with my cheap donut!
 
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