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    South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

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    11 minutes ago, Number 23 said:

    Remember making giant swiss rolls out of the snow with friends in our local park near Brentwood. It just kept coming. We were ten years old and couldn't believe what we were seeing.

    We lived at the top of a steep hill near the A12, and the footpaths were shovelled clear as the snow was so deep - impossible to differentiate between the road, the pavement, and people's driveways. Either side of the cleared areas the snow almost reached my waist.

    Was the start of my love for big snow events and extreme weather in general.

     

    Assume you mean Weald Park, which is is good. In the past skated on the lakes. Danbury good for tobogganing. Use to skate at night on Danbury Park lake. Had Tilly lamps on the ice and skated round them. The poor old ducks use to waddle over to see what was happening. I am sure health and safety has put a stop to all that simple fun. 

    South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

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    43 minutes ago, TomSE12 said:

    Thanks SB,

    It was a thought that occurred to me, with all this talk of disruptive Snow, some may struggle to get a delivery next Week.

    Think I may give it another Day, before warning my Stepson about Snowfall next Week.

    He's an Electrician and works for British Gas during the Day and works for another Company, during the Evening, on Emergency call-outs.

    Sometimes he doesn't get home, until 4 A.M.

    He was telling me the other Day, that his Night-time area includes the Medway Towns, including the Hoo Peninsula, which lies between the Medway and Thames Estuaries. As you can imagine it's very flat and windswept. 

    Below, is an image of the aftermath of Blizzard conditions that struck the area, in January 1979:

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    The photo was taken near the Village of Grain, on the tip of the Hoo Peninsula. Many Cars became stranded and buried, in huge Snowdrifts.

    Better not show that to his Mum and frighten her.

    The above image is from the Kent County Weather Book and reproduced with the kind permission of Co-Author, Ian Currie.

    Regards,

    Tom.  

    Recall when I was young when we drove down to Dover there use to be snow fences to the east side of the road as snowfall driven by eastily winds use to regularly cause a problem with drifts.

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    South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

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    1 hour ago, terryall said:

    I was a kid in 62/63 and remember the snow very well. I lived not far from Tom SE12 back then in Charlton and we had snow piled up against the back door to about 3 or 4 foot. Our school never closed and, eventually, we were told not to throw snow balls as some were like packed ice and very hard. We still got thrown out of the class at playtime so we just slipped our way around and kept falling over. Great fun.

    Some incredibly long slides on the playground. No health and safety to worry about. Just get on and do what kids want to do.  The odd broken bone but that was more of a lesson than being wrapped in cotton wool. 

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    South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

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    1 minute ago, Snipper said:
    14 minutes ago, TomSE12 said:

    Crikey, having read all the Snowfall anecdotes of you "youngsters", I'm really feeling old now!! Well I am 65.

    I do remember (vaguely), the 1962/63 Winter, I was 7 and a few Months.

    Myself and my Family lived in a Prefab House, similar to these:

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    Tom, nice having those memories. Seems I have an extra 10 years on you. Still got in the shed a toboggan I bought second hand with my hard earned pocket money when I was about 10.  Only feel old when I see the old git looking at me in the mirror. Also ache a bit. 

    Seem to have shoved my comment into your posting. 

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    7 minutes ago, TomSE12 said:

    Crikey, having read all the Snowfall anecdotes of you "youngsters", I'm really feeling old now!! Well I am 65.

    I do remember (vaguely), the 1962/63 Winter, I was 7 and a few Months.

    Myself and my Family lived in a Prefab House, similar to these:

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    Tom, nice having those memories. Seems I have an extra 10 years on you. Still got in the shed a toboggan I bought second hand with my hard earned pocket money when I was about 10.  Only feel old when I see the old git looking at me in the mirror. Also ache a bit. 

    South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

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    19 minutes ago, SnowBear said:

    I was born in '68 so didn't see 62/63, but some of the winters in the 70s and 80s were good even if not to the same scale. 

    Icicles from gutter to floor, water butts frozen solid right through, and at my grandparents house half inch thick ice on the inside of the windows. No heating upstairs, only the Rayburn in the kitchen so you got dressed very quickly indeed and ran downstairs to the kitchen lol

    Did have a bed warmer before getting into bed mind you, a 1960s UFO looking thing with a heat lamp inside plugged into a light fitting on a trailing lead! I distinctly remember one morning it had been snowing overnight and the window was slightly on the latch, and had snow flakes on the blankets in the morning. 

    Oh, and schools stayed open unless the boiler broke down, the number of sacrifices and prayers given to the great god of boiler breakdowns was unbelievable. And we walked to school, none of this car business!

    And no internet. How was it possible for the population of the UK to survive? One of life’s  little mysteries?

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    South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

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    54 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

    62/63 was something else....nothing remotely compares to it since. Must have been amazing. I enjoyed seeing pics of the Thames frozen over in Staines and lots of people ice-skating on it. 10 years before I was born. 

    I was 16.  It was blooming cold. Just think few had central heating, double glazing & insulation to roof and walls. So cold in your bedroom that ice completely obscured the view out of the window. You got dressed under the bed clothes. Think we a have all become somewhat softer. 

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