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I recall around that time returning home one night - a 2 hour run usually - when the snow started half way back and getting within about 10 miles of the destination near Epping we ground to a halt due to traffic struggling in a long gentle hill somewhere. The falling snow was turning to ice almost immediately. There was an artic half way along. Trying sacks under the wheels and other things but just could not get enough traction. Eventually, with about 5 or 6 people pushing the trailer and the sacks and some grit and persuading the driver to use a higher gear, he got just enough forward momentum to move a few feet to where there was at least some grip and off he went. The car that had been stuck behind him insisted on using about 4000 revs in 1st gear to attempt to move. Although it was a few years before I could take my test I was able to persuade them to try third and low revs and they too got going. I think we were next up. No problem as my Father had stopped to assist the others before the slope started to get properly steep. And he knew what he was doing. For the 62/63 winter we were living in Germany. I remember playing football in what seemed to be about 8 inches of snow. The school had a huge grassy play area on a slight slope that was perfect for sleds. Most kids had traditional wooden ones with metal runners The play area became sheet ice and stayed that way for weeks. Great fun seeing how fast one could go to jump the concrete drainage channel at the bottom of the slope and get as far as possible up the slight slope on the other side. No health and safety to worry about. More recently I think it was 2011 (?) when there was a cold snap in November that lasted a while. Snow turned to ice and lasted 2 or 3 weeks in many places. Then returned over the New Year as I recall. Youngest daughter was living in London at the time, came out of her house to walk to the bus stop and promptly slipped on the sheet ice covering the road, cracking her head and ending up in Hospital. We drove down to see how things were progressing and I recall many side roads in London with plenty of piled up snow. In anticipation of future ice events I bought some trainers with "special" soles that were supposed to extended grippy bits of rubber when ice cold. Mainly I wanted to persuade said daughter that, whilst not high fashion, something similar might be very sensible for her to consider. The package arrived and as we still had a sheet of ice on the road outside the house I went for a test run. They were brilliant. I could indeed run on the ice (in so far as I could run at all in any situation!) Didn't need to go anywhere the next day. The day after that the ice melted. Other than to see if they still fit (brief indoor check) I have not worn them since. So far, as of my last check a few weeks ago, the special rubber does not seem to have perished. I would imagine it would last no more than a few hours if worn on regular weather days and I doubt driving when wearing them would be a good idea. Oh well, it seemed like a sensible idea with valid reasons behind the logic of buying them at the time ... In the mid to late 80s some friends with a daughter the same age as ours (eldest) at the time invited us round for Xmas day drinks. Seemed like a good way to break up the day and entertain the kids. Lovely weather for the walk. Positively Spring like. High 50's in the Fahrenheit scale if memory serves. Funny stuff, weather. |
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I remember in, I think, January 1982 when central London had some very heavy snow. I walked into the West End from my flat in Ealing in quite deep snow.
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Some Wonderfull stories to kick of the new year .👍
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I cut my grass once on Christmas Day. That would have been about 88/89 IIRC.
Generally I would say we're not having the prolonged cold snaps we used to. Maybe we ha e some headline snow, bit I have to scrape the car screens much less, and manage to walk without sliding much more easily. I do think on the whole things are warmer than when I was a nipper. Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk |
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Not sure whether things are changing as much as moving. I remember winters in London in the early 60s when we had to scrape the ice off the inside of the windows. Also it snowed most christmases. It would be cold until around mid to late May. Then summers would be dry except for my birthday. I do recall the 1963 winter because due to my family splitting up I used to travel between London and Aldershot every weekend. Snow everywhere.
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Yep, 63 went on forever, or seemed to, anyway!
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I remember the 62/63 Winter . Snowed on Boxing day , freezing temps & the snow didn,t clear till about April . Probably the coldest Winter in the last 100 years .
But could be matched or beaten this year. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/to...st/ar-BB1cqd3K Weather seems to go in about 30 year cycles . 1930s was hot , with Viking villages on Greenland be uncovered after not being seen for hundreds of years , [ they are now under hundreds of feet of ice again ]. 1960s were mostly cold , with lots of warnings about going into a new ice age . 1990s were hot again , leading to the Global Warming news . Since then it has been getting cold again , which is where the " Climategate E mails , hide the decline, Kids will never see snow again " etc have come from to try to alter the records to fool people it is still warming up . But if this new " Beast from the East " hits us , then it could be one of the worst Winters most people have ever seen . Just what we need after the year we have just had . |
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Sorry to take you away from all of this weather nostalgia but I just wanted to let you know that the festive season is now officially over as Mrs V has now taken our decorations down (with my help of course). For some reason I did take particular pleasure packing all of the Baubles away and stashing them safely back into the loft.
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Mrs Delta did the same today as well . Right then “Easter eggs”👍
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Yup, trees are now down and packed away. Next stop MRM for race licence medical.
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But it's not even the 6th yet & I'm still receiving Christmas cards!
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Taking Xmas decorations down before 12th night? Sacrilege!
Doesn't affect me , 'cos we haven't put any decs up for years Still cold here - yesterday's snow still largely lying, and now its gone dark temperatures down below freezing again, after getting to the dizzy heights of 2C. |
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Ten years ago, Dec 1st 2010, I was caught in blizzard on the A57 nr Worksop.
I came to a stop in the truck at 4pm on the Tues and it was 4pm on the Thus that we got going again. On the Tues night a snowplough turned up and promptly got stuck. On the Weds morning ' a couple from a cottage half a mile away struggled through deep snow with sandwiches, biscuits and flasks to help all the drivers stuck with no food. A tractor then towed me ( in an artic ) near to North Anston but no further because the A57 was still blocked with abandoned vehicles and deep snow towards the M1. So another cosy night in the cab,then at 6am I walked to the community centre which was full of truckers snoring away, for a shave with a free towel and a free cooked breakfast from food donated by kind villages. I am now retired and felt quite smug yesterday as I watched the snow falling. |
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Thank you John, I have been reading and following posts on here for a few years now but rarely post.
I didnt realise I was being watched ( lol ). Back in '63, I went to junior school in short trousers, the depth of the snow was unbelievable but I never missed a day. Our house would have ice on the inside of the windows,no central heating then. Only a coal fire or coke to heat the house. |
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I've just ventured outside and I am sure its warmer out than in at Delta HQ. Must find some paper work to do in my warm office.
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I went down my workshop on Friday, definitely warmer outside, took all day for the heater to warm it up, tripped the power when I put it on flat out!
No snow on the Riviera just a bit of talc on the boardwalk. Didn't stop Rocco warming up |
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