1962/63 winter Images

Hi Woo,

Blimey, that looks more like Siberia than Kent.

 

Did anyone actually try walking on it, Woo? Don't think I'd go anywhere near it. :( But apparently the Thames froze in Victorian times (no Ziggy, I wasn't actually there) and people skated on it. Presumably there were no Health and Safety officials to point out the obvious hazards.

 

Brrrrrrr! Makes me feel cold just looking at the pictures. I hope we don't have another winter like that this year.

 

Jings ClaraLou - some of us are having it now :(

 

Sorry, Alice - we have got used to having things easy in the South recently and so the last couple of winters have been a bit of a shock.

 

I think that was year that sea at Margate froze as far out as the pier....
Great chunks of dirty ice around as the tide went out.

 

Jings, I remeber that winter Woo. So cold and it went on for ages.
Looks like we're having another of the same this year. Difference is we've got central heating and a great wee stove :luv:
Thanks for the pics - and the memories. It wasn't all bad.

 

I remember it well Woo but I was at school and didn't have a camera then.:roll:

 

Thanks for the "memory trigger" Marley.:gnthb: I won a prize at school(poetry book, still got it) for being able to recite it in the school assembly.:wink: Got another prize the next year for being able to recite "Gungha Din". No Xboxes then.:hehe:

 

I remember, it was my last winter at school . We still trudged to school everyday .. I have an old 16mm local film of that snoey winter ..but have no projector any more..

Dave