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Alec Sheldon
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Nice one Paul.
are they still there?.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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don't think they are, a nice traditional scene though.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Yes both red items are still there (well they were at 9:30 this morning!!)
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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These fellows were happy in spite of being cold, it was January 2010 and they'd survived Christmas 2009!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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lovely photo ray.
never really noticed the telephone and pilllar boxes paul, then again i have never been there when there was snow.
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Jan Higgins
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......"much though I like the wintery scene I really hope we dont have a return to the deep snow of last year"....
Same here Sarah, it means many with walking problems like myself will be housebound, even if it is not very deep.
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De Bradliegh are selling snow chains for boots , Winter trax .
I think Timpsons also sell them they are fantastic and really stop slipping in the ice and snow they are about a tenner and worth every penny if it does get icy again
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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snow chains are compulsory in some countries, apparently our roads are gritted more than most countries.
in scandinavia it is accepted that roads will be deep in snow, up to motorists to arm themselves accordingly.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
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Just a heads up to folk in the area that the met office have warned that there might be a few inches of global warming flakes falling in our region. Take care out there.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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1829 -
It was a cold winter that year....
ICE on the Thames....
Large masses of ice were floating on the Thames on Friday. Should the severity of the present frost continue a few days longer the navigation of the river will be materially impeded, if not altogether arrested. In some parts above London where the atmosphere is not influenced by the heated currents of the Great Metropolis, we understand that the surface is nearly frozen over. The inland navigation through the country is entirely stopped and wagons and vans are provided by the proprietors of canals to convey the goods for which there is no longer any water carriage.
The Serpentine River - on Thursday owing to the fineness of the day and the improved quality of the ice the skaters were very numerous. We saw many new faces and a few of the veterans whose performances were the object of attraction to the ladies who were seated in carriages on the north bank. The figures of 3 and 8 and the "mazy" intricacies of the Turks-Cap, or 8 circles in one, were effected with great ease and elegance by Mr ATKINSON, Captain HERBERT and Messrs MONTAGUE. Both sides of the water presented a very gay appearance from the presence of the line of equippages on the north and the pedestrians on the south. The watermen from the Thames had arrived and were busy in erecting their tents and tables, the best ice was found near the Humane Society's house and where the sweepers were employed it was excellent. As usual the concourse was greatest near the wall of Kensington Gardens and there the depth is not 6-feet. At the east end and in the centre the Humane Society's boat was placed; a very judicious arrangement but we heard of no accident, a strong and sharp easterly wind blew during the day.
(Kentish Gazette 27 Jan 1829 p.2 col.2 )
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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The picture in #41 of the red phone box reminded me that years ago there was underground toilets situated on that roundabout, obviously less traffic then.
Audere est facere.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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can't remember if this was from last winter or the one before, either way the dexter cattle don't seem bothered.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They are highland cattle so probably tropical to them !!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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you're right paul, i think they were grazing up near the drop redoubt for a time.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Great Photos Guys
Thanks for the info re the Winter Trax Sarah, I'll definitely be investing in a pair. I had a nasty fall on the ice in Canterbury last Winter, I landed on my thermos Ouch! The flask came off worst, an interesting version of iced coffee with glass chippings
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Paul is right, considerable suffering was involved in taking some of these shots! But worth it.
This taken April 2008:
A Whitfield garden table in February 2010. Not the greatest shot but shows the depth (over a foot of snow) well :
That's better.
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