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Anytime is sad but Xmas time. I wonder if these parents knew where the kids were.

What a terrible tragedy.
My hearts and prayers go out to their poor parents, families and friends.What an awful time for them.
RIP

If water is iced over, kids are going to walk over it.

It's a terrible tragedy and the bad luck of the draw. Kids today are already over wrapped in cotton wool and it damages them in different ways.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

my brother & I were always bunking over the fence to explore the railway lines.
(the old addiscombe line that no longer runs)
my dad often threatened us with the police to visit , in a desperate bid to stop us.

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

The line between Carshalton and Mitcham Junction ran along an embankment at the end of our garden. We made camps among the bushes and small trees and created some wonderful war games there. Under strict instructions not to go near the lines.

We did, of course, and flattening pennies was a favourite pastime. The eldest brother of a school chum was electrocuted, but it didn't deter us.

Kids will be kids eh? Thing is that, now in our 70s, we read stories about those poor kids in Solihull and feel nothing but deep sorrow for their bereft families.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

true.
I expect we've all had close calls, without being aware of our predicament at the time.

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.