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| Iceboy53 Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 10/27/2005 11:02:01 PM by Iceboy53 | Winter of 1963 posted on: 10/27/2005 10:48:02 PM does anyone have any memories of the winter of 1963 or stories for that matter.it was the coldest and the best white christmas i ever saw.and the endless fun we had playing in it,didn't care about the chaos in those days,well not when you we're young. here are some facts: The big freeze started just before Christmas '62. The weather in the first three weeks of December was changeable and sometimes stormy. The winter of '62-'63 was the coldest winter on record with an average temperatures throughout the winter of -0.3C. |
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suzard
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Winter of 1963
replied on: 10/27/2005 11:28:59 PM My husband remembers having a 1959 Austin in 1962 and that winter it froze solid -I don't remember it at all-remember the thick fog we used to have, but not the snow. |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 10/28/2005 12:09:35 PM i remember real pea soupers as they used to call em,it was always foggy in winter when i was a kid...now you hardly see them.we used to watch the coal lorries and buses struggle through marlpool in the snow and ice in 62/63. mind there wasn't many cars about then on our street,except for the pub and bookies who had some of the best cars. |
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db639
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replied on: 11/3/2005 11:16:02 PM I remember going fishing at mapperley reser.,you could walk across it and stupidly we did ,cut a hole in the ice like eskimos and played about fishing in it we didn't catch anything but we had fun!the ice must have been 4 inches thick |
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Dr.Valentine
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Winter of 1963
replied on: 11/4/2005 1:07:49 AM I remember the fogs we used to have.you couldn't see nothing after a few yards. |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 11/4/2005 9:08:01 PM And the acrid, choking stench of sulphur, in many spots, as the fumes from the burning coal fires were forced almost down to pavement level at times. Azzabuv. |
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Dr.Valentine
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replied on: 11/22/2005 4:35:31 PM just watching the old dust carts struggle with the hills in them days was a sight,that's when they had to push the side panels up and empty the bins in about three or four foot of snow.but they still got round,i can't remember them missing a week.that was when they fetched from off your back yard and you put ashes down on the paths to help get around. but i just thought it made a mess of the snow,why ashes?. |
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