Childhood Memories of Snow

[mogs]

Just been watching the news and piccies of 6 or 7 foot high snow drifts from the 1940's and 1960's and brought back a happy memory of the snow in the 1960's when I was a young whipper snapper.

Snow had drifted to what I saw as a child to be to the top of the door jambs and people had dug out channels to the road and a channel down the road wide enough to walk up. My Mum determined I wouldn't stop off school asked two workers walking to the local steel warehouse to drop me off at school on the way and I remember them swinging me by the arms through the deep snow. Only six kids made it, and we were worried the school dinner might not get through, but it did and pudding was my favourite - Manchester Tart - .... and we could habe thirds, fourth's and even fifth's that day!!!!

Went home with tummy ache but with a smile on my face, got out the sledge and worked the food off sledging down a massive hill in a field across the road! Proving it's the simple things kids remember, not their highest score on the X Box or Wii

Anyone else got some great memories of lovely times in snow

[ginger ninger]

I can remember having snowball fights with all my cousins, all the family lived in the same village, we use to go on what was called "The hilly fields" with our sledges and tin tray's, we were frost bitten by the time we went home, I also remember my wellington boots they were custard yellow, we never got to have days of school because of the weather and from what I remember the whole country didn't grind to a Holt nether.

[FionaH]

I remember going sledging with my Dad on Merrow golf course. Sledge had runners made of metal tubing and it flew! Literally if we hit the bunkers right

[trish60]

Remember crates of milk at school with the silver foil tops (which we had to wash & save) 2 inches above the top of the bottle because the milk had frozen.

[Eco-Chic]

The snow shovelled from the pavement into the road was about 4' high. All of us kids tried to 'swim' in it up the hill. I remember our parents calling us indoors every once in a while to force a hot drink down us, strip off the sopping wet clothes and dress us in dry clothes, whereupon out we went to continue our uphill swimming.

'Twas a very steep hill and upon reflection it's very odd that I don't remember any tobogganing or sledding on trays whatsoever.