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The Grauniad has a load of pics from the winter of 1962 when the Thames froze , [url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2010/dec/15/weather-big-freeze-1962-pictures#/?picture=369779514&index=0 ]here.[/url]
This one in particular made me laugh.
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There is something distinctly eerie about that picture.
I was about to get very cross and say "**** off, big freeze my arse" but since you're not talking about this week and are refering to real snow, I'll let you off.
I was about to get very cross and say "**** off, big freeze my arse" but since you're not talking about this week and are refering to real snow, I'll let you off.
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It seems that what was previously simply called winter is now sensationalised to "the big freeze", "an ongoing weather nightmare" etc.
From what i've heard & read about winter 1962/63 these terms did genuinely apply.
That's a big snow man seeing as there is such little snow on the ground and roof
That's a big snow man seeing as there is such little snow on the ground and roof
I think I can guess where all the snow on the ground went......
It seems that what was previously simply called winter is now sensationalised to "the big freeze", "an ongoing weather nightmare" etc.
24 hour media has a lot to answer for...
My granny and parents tells me about the snow reaching most of the way up telegraph poles in the bottom of valleys where there were drifts.
That's a genuine excuse for the country shutting down.
Although, I think the milkman on skis shows that, really, there's no need to stop at all!
is that a child on the right or a gnome?