Winter

[George 1978]

Re: Winter

I tell you something - this Storm Ciera seems to equal the 1987 storm in any case (did the 1987 storm have a name, or was it before British storms and hurricanes were named?)

[amethyst]

Re: Winter

Snow, and tons of the stuff in Nottingham.

Took me four and a half hours to do a trip out that would have originally took an hour and a half on an ordinary day.

High winds and heavy rain no snow yet

[George 1978]

Re: Winter

Snow, and tons of the stuff in Nottingham.

Took me four and a half hours to do a trip out that would have originally took an hour and a half on an ordinary day.

[amethyst]

Re: Winter

We have been having more storms lately and the winter keeps on dragging on,roll on the spring

[George 1978]

Re: Winter

Odd how we pronounce Storm Ciera like a K and not a C, a bit like Keira Knightley's name.

[amethyst]

Re: Winter

Looks like a rough day high winds and rain brilliant a day indoors then

[amethyst]

Re: Winter

Looked out sharp frost more deicing this morning roll on the spring

[George 1978]

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I remember in 1987 there was bad snow & high winds, which meant some people lost both their power supply & phone lines.

For a moment I thought you were referring to the infamous October 1987 storm that Michael Fish misled the nation about - I went to school on Friday 16th October, and to be honest, I could have been blown to school rather than walked there that morning.

[Richard1978]

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I remember in 1987 there was bad snow & high winds, which meant some people lost both their power supply & phone lines.

[amethyst]

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In January 1982 I had a week off work .I hadn't seen so many people walking through the snow looking for bread

[George 1978]

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Forecast for snow in the UK winter not going away soon,when was the last heavy snowfall January 1982?

I think there has been lots of heavy snowfalls since - I know that in around 1991 we were without power for a couple of hours. Cue the candles coming out of the cupboard which hadn't seen the light (if you please excuse the pun) of day since the Three Day Week nearly 20 years previously. A great history lesson for all of us indeed.

[amethyst]

Re: Winter

Forecast for snow in the UK winter not going away soon,when was the last heavy snowfall January 1982?

[amethyst]

Re: Winter

I read earlier on that the first Monday in February is usually the main day in the year when people are more likely to be off with colds, flu or anything else wrong with then. I suppose that as the Coronavirus thing had been upgraded in Britain to moderate, this year at least, they might be some truth about
that.

Hopefully when this month has gone and we are into March springtime we will spend more time in fresh air and we will feel better in ourselves more daylight

[George 1978]

Re: Winter

I read earlier on that the first Monday in February is usually the main day in the year when people are more likely to be off with colds, flu or anything else wrong with then. I suppose that as the Coronavirus thing had been upgraded in Britain to moderate, this year at least, they might be some truth about that.

[George 1978]

Re: Winter

Emu's pink windmill show?...never heard of this but i love the title

It was also known as Emu's World and was on Friday afternoon Children's ITV in the mid 1980s - cue Grotbags, Croc and a load of Corona Stage School kids who probably got "what for" from their peers first think Monday morning in the school playground because of their sub-Brian Rogers Connection acts on the show. And of course, everyone's favourite TV aerial repairman - Rod Hull, a man dressed in pink!