Snowed in today!

[bramble]

Womble, you're quite right about the winter of 46/47. My sister was born the end of November 1946. my mother said it was so cold she put my new baby sister in a drawer from the "chest of drawers" and kept her by the side of the fire until the cold spell had passed.
No central heating then unfortunately.

[petal]

you know, i can remember many a harsh winter in the lake district when my retriever cross (dog!) pulled a sleigh one mile to the farm shop(and back) to help my mum and I collect basic provisions!!late 1980s.He was one proud dog!

[bubblewrap]

I'm old enough to remember the winter of 1962 / 63 when I lived in a little village on the edge of Dartmoor. We were cut off for 2 weeks. They re-opened the old bakery and we had helicopter drops of flour etc. Me and my Dad delivered milk in churns by horse and cart round the village.

1963? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI

[Two_Sheds]

Can you imagine everyone gathering in the local community centre now and having a cauldron of soup going for everyone?

Well it would have to be a vegan, gluten free, lo-carb, fat- and peanut-free pot of soup

[binley100]

Where were their gloves...........


We had ice on the inside of the bathroom window this morning.....and that's with the heating on

[rustylady]

1963? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI

Can you imagine the trains running in that sort of weather these days? Must have been the "right sort of snow".

[Two_Sheds]

Good film Bubblewrap - back in those days we still had a railway line. Now it's the cycle lane to town

[Bren In Pots]

Thanks for the railway link BW it took be back, in 1963 I was 8 year old and spent that winter playing in the fields behind our house and waving to train drivers who were my heroes at that time.

[Hilary B]

Boxing Day 1962 we left my aunt's house to go home after visiting for Christmas, and it started snowing on the way, lasted about 3 months!
A couple of years later we spent Easter with the same aunt, and the day we left, it started snowing.... That time it only stayed for about 3 days!

[Flummery]

Snowed in this morning. Supposed to be taking 89 year old Ma to eye clinic. We have a long, steep drive and daren't get the car out - we'd be backing with skiddy wheels onto a main (for round here!) road! Re-scheduled appointment. Lovely walk round village though, but it's impossible to tell where the path ends and the road starts, leading to a number of joltings to the old back..

[Snadger]

Where were their gloves...........

Just as a blacksmith never wears a glove on his hammer hand a railman doesn't (or didn't?) wear gloves on his shovel hands!

Elf and safety!

[binley100]

Frostbite not good for your elf..........

[Scottishnewbie]

We live in a teeny wee village not far from St Andrews and we definately do have a community spirit alive and well. So far this week, i have shared our tea bags with one neighbour; borrowed milk from another neighbour; had a phone call from yet another neighbour to say that she is braving the elements in her land rover and trying to make it to the nearest town (6 miles away) and was collecting orders from everyone in the village; and i have visited all those closest to me to a) check they are ok, and b) see what they want ordered from the shopping trip!

i do think our wee village is a good example of community spirit!

oh, and i'm just off to make soup for sharing with a couple of older neighbours...

[Parsleythelion]

What an interesting read this thread is. It's true, we've never had it so good. My memories of snow are very few are far between only being 38. A few winters of sledging and school closures but never being snowed in.

Keep the stories coming.

[Two_Sheds]

it's impossible to tell where the path ends and the road starts..

We had a short walk to the paper shop today, and it seems the snow has been a good excuse for dogwalkers not to pick up. You think you're just walking on virgin snow until you get that telltale whiff ...