I remember Dec 1981/Jan 1982 vividly even though I was only 10 yrs old. The feature of the cold spell that I remember wasn't just the snowfall but the very low temps. Dec 14th 1981 the Max never reached any higher than around -14C in some area of England aswell as Scotland and the following Min temp dropped to -26C in Shawbury Shropshire! I remember going outside in the freezing fog and my hair used to turn white