HAMILTONIt was the worst weather the area had seen in a century, and the scenes it caused were near-apocalyptic according to many.Cars, lorries and buses were abandoned by drivers on roads around the town.Many motorists on a snowbound M74, waiting in vain for the traffic to move, abandoned their vehicles and made for Hamilton and Motherwell in a bid to get home.Stranded employees in numerous businesses had to remain in their offices overnight.Secondary school teachers and pupils also had to stay put.
At Holy Cross High, 25 teachers and 17 pupils stayed in the building overnight.Over at Hamilton Grammar, 30 teachers and nine pupils were stranded there and 10 Calderside Academy teachers spent the night at their school, as did three pupils.
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