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| Azzabuv Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 4/10/2005 5:53:45 PM by Azzabuv | 1947 - Longest Winter - Deepest Snow posted on: 4/10/2005 5:47:48 PM This was the year Heanor ground to a shuddering, shivering halt. It was the longest, coldest, snowiest winter as far back as anyone could remember. On Derby Rd; the snow was piled into solid snow-walls a good five/six or more feet deep ON the road itself, with just one traffic lane in the middle of the road, one car width. The surface itself was solid snow and ice for weeks. On the pavements, a zig-zag 'pathway' was made, wide enough for one person only to travel at a time, the snow piled high at the sides. As more heavy snow fell over the weeks, this pathway began to meander all over the place, the easiest parts only being cleared each time. As a nipper, i managed to get as far as the Red Lion Square from halfway up Derby Rd; - Loscoe Rd; pavements were a no-go area and i couldn't see up High St; for the snowbanks/walls, 'built' all over the Square itself. Does anyone else remember this worst Winter on Record, with its DEEP snow and the subsequent Spring floods when it melted. The so-called harsh Winter of 1963, didn't even begin to compare. Azzabuv. |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 4/11/2005 7:06:55 AM Recall we still had to go to school,today they are closed if we get a couple of flakes or the central heating has gone down.Was central heating in the dictionary in 1947? It was a brave new Britain then no one wanted to spoil it a foot or two of snow was nothing to the sacrifices made during the war by our fighting forces and the people supporting them at home.So where did we go wrong,we now have the SUE culture if something is not working The THROW MONEY at it culture,Teachers are not allowed to teach because they are not allowed to discipline like they did in the 1940s,and what would happen if one of our police officers clipped one of "Mummys little Darlings" round the ear |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 4/22/2005 9:58:46 PM According to this article NOW that the trend is towards warmer, wetter winters, where snowfall in southern England is the exception rather than the rule, I look back 40 years to the sever winter of 1962-63. It was the coldest winter of the 20th century and the most severe since 1740, lasting 16 weeks from November, 1962 until early March 1963. November, 1962: It all began with some frosty weather and a moderate snowfall on the 18th. There was some freezing fog in the second half of the month. Other winters: The only other winter that compares to 1962-63 was 1946-47. That winter had more snow but only lasted eight weeks from January 20 until March 11 1947. The 1981-82 was cold and was the last time that Gloucestershire had widespread deep snowfall coupled with the lowest recorded temperature of the 20th century on January 14 1982, a bone chilling -18C (-1.5F) at Dursley. |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 4/22/2005 11:29:46 PM Iceboy - are you certain it reads '8 weeks' for 1947. Dear, and there my nipper's memory could have sworn it was '80', at least. Seriously though, the 1947 Winter actually did seem far colder than the 1963 one. But, as 1963 was the year my first Daughter was born - perhaps i missed the cold, to a great extent? Azzabuv. |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 4/23/2005 2:22:50 PM my father in law swears 1947 was the coldest also, but when he saw this he began to think again. i cannot remember as i was born in the 50s, and 63 was the worst i have seen. but i'm not trying to put your article down, i think it needs a bit more research to find which one was the worst, maybe some other members can put a little imput here, or find some more information. |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 4/23/2005 2:33:14 PM and now i find this. From late January to mid March 1947 many parts of the British Isles experienced record low temperatures and persistent snow cover. As a young child my parents would tell me tales of this epic winter which has only been matched since then by 1962/63. Some years ago I was fortunate enough to acquire a set of Daily Weather Reports for early 1947. I have used these to produce this website as a record of what must surely rank as one the most notable winters of the 20th Century. http://www.winter1947.co.uk/ |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 4/23/2005 3:08:48 PM Thanks, Iceboy. I can now take the pair of crutches away i've just acquired for my ailing memory. I forgive it (again) now. In a way, that year created a true 'Winter Wonderland' all round. But then again, if you were elderly and struggling to survive, i suppose it created a far different view of the World. I do know though, if it happens next year, watch this Country grind to a confusioned, chaotic HALT within two hours. Azzabuv. |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 4/23/2005 3:22:18 PM The photographs are really good on that Site, Iceboy. THAT was the 1947 Winter i really do remember. Azzabuv. |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 4/23/2005 3:56:59 PM we only have to have a sprinkle now and the gritters are throwing salt all over the place. i remember that we used to get old paint cans and make holes in them, put a bit of paper,sticks and coal and walk round the streets with our very own winter warmers. i remember you had to scrape the ice off in the inside of the winder at christmas. |
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replied on: 4/23/2005 7:23:40 PM I remember the school milk freezing and the silver tops being lifted off the bottle by two inches of frozen "top" of the milk-but it was all lined up by the "hot pipes"(radiators) so it thawed out in time for the morning break! We drank the warm half curdled milk without complaining- I'm sure health regs would soon put a stop to that nowadays! |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 4/23/2005 10:21:42 PM That time i stumbled gleefully half-way down Derby Road to the Red Lion Square, staring around in complete amazement at the chaotic scene all over the deep snowy expanse of what had been a busy road, i quickly began to turn as cold as the snow and ice all round me. Within a quarter of an hour, i slitheringly retraced my steps homeward bound as fast as the bodily numbness would allow me. That beautiful, red-hot glowing coal fire was the safest, most comfortable haven imaginable. At the thaw/flood time, there weren't any frozen bodies found out in the wilds - the Dumbles Etc. because no one could get to them at the time of the snows. Azzabuv. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 9/9/2005 8:47:25 AM I don't suppose anyone out there has any local photos of snow-covered Heanor area? It would make a nice piece on the main site. |
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Iceboy53
Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 9/16/2005 8:14:37 PM by Iceboy53 |
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replied on: 9/16/2005 7:33:09 PM i can remember back in the 50/60s when you had to scrape the ice off the inside of the windows in the winters i recall in marlpool. it would be nice to see some photo's Robert, but i think photography was expensive then, so that's probably why there's not much around.i supposed we only have our memories for that. unless suzard can come up with something out of her magic papers,i think it would be the heanor observer then. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 9/16/2005 8:21:21 PM There have been photograph enthusiasts since photography began, so never say never! At this week's Society meeting, there were some photos of Heanor under snow (not sure of the year), and I am trying to acquire copies. |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 9/16/2005 9:28:41 PM If the photographs are of outstanding snowy weather, Robert, then they are probably of 1947 or 1963. Fingers crossed for the first option. Azzabuv. |
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