The History of British winters...

[Nicos]

Interesting reading!.....

The History of British Winters - Netweather.tv

[Jeanied]

Wow Nicos - you just answered one of my questions about how 'different' is this year to others!! I always thought that we were pampered and didn't know when we had it good!
What would be nice is to get some good ideas for dealing with it all - 'specially if we get big time power cuts!! (thoughts - can't bring the chiminea indoors!!)

[OllieMartin]

Looks interesting, but can anyone summarise?

[Ringo Grumio Nibbler]

Interesting reading!.....

The History of British Winters - Netweather.tv

My dad had already told me about this. Football was cancelled for nearly three months and I was born in the north east, right in the middle of it. That makes me 47 next week unfortunately. As far as I can remember, this is the longest sustained snowy period in my lifetime in the UK, but not the coldest. I lived it northern Germany for 9 years, trust me, this is nothing, we just haven't invested in preparing for it, because it is so unlikely.

1962-63: A famous winter.Very cold. Mid November saw snow in the South West. Late December (commensing Boxing Day: the start of the bitter cold) saw blizzards in Southern England. London had 12 inches of drifting snow. January and February had widespread falls, especially Devon and North East England with 2ft. Very Snowy. My mum, 12 at the time, and dad, 11, keep telling me stories of how long they were away from school for. The snow in Hampshire was supposedly as deep as the hedgerows were high! People managed to walk on the tops of the frozen shrubbery, rather than risk driving through the deep snow! An amazing winter.

[Nicos]

Looks interesting, but can anyone summarise?

Very variable.

[OllieMartin]

Very variable.

Lol, succinct summary, thank you

[Nicos]

Lol, succinct summary, thank you

..well..you know me well by now...wouldn't dream of nattering on and on unnecessarily