Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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20 December 2010
22:1085741I can't really answer this one, but what happened 30, 40, 50 years ago when we had this sort of snow?
I am sure no-one moaned about the footpaths being cleared, just got on with it and walked everywhere....
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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20 December 2010
22:1885742It was the right type of snow in those days Paul.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 December 2010
22:1985743not a valid point paul, 50 years ago we still had children dying of or disfigured by polio.
even worse we only had black and white television.
everything else has move on, surely we can do more to combat the elements?
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20 December 2010
22:2585745Been nice knowing you :)
Jan Higgins
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20 December 2010
23:2785748I can remember walking to school and do not remember having days off from school.
My father had chains to put on his company car, who supplied them I have no idea.
The trains ran I think because they were great heavy steam trains I believe the trams/buses ran but am not sure. I am talking about London in the late 40s early 50s, giving those dates makes me feel really old.
By the way Howard, people were not disfigured by polio they were disabled, like me.
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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20 December 2010
23:3385749When the steam trains got stuck in snowdrifts (rarely) the army would come out and dig them out.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 December 2010
23:3585750apologies for my phraseology jan, i feel sure that you know what i meant though.
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Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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21 December 2010
01:1185755Some trains were fitted with snow ploughs, clearing the tracks as they went along, and as for the roads and paths, the borough council employees used to be called in to clear the paths, you might have had a foot or more of snow, and drifts but things kept moving, you never had days of work, you would get up that bit earlier and walk, I think that is what we were given legs for, but these days they are meant to push peddles on cars, if they can't do that they cannot get to work
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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21 December 2010
07:3585760I think a lot of people are viewing the past through rose coloured spec.
It is true though that there were fewer school closures, that the postmen delivered and that people got up and out walking to work.
But, on the other hand, people in general lived nearer to work and where they went to school, including teachers.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 December 2010
08:4785772I don't remember my school ever closing because of the and a lot of it was in mobile classrooms!! We justy had to put another jumper on and work in our mittens :)
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Brian Dixon
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21 December 2010
09:2185781barry dose that include you as well with your political attitude.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 December 2010
14:0685845Yes I was a young man in the 1960s with a young family living at the bay,had to be at work about 0500hrs in the morning,and in the snow I would walk from the bay to the D.E.W. some 6miles and back home again at night.but I was not the only one doing it.
21 December 2010
15:1885872Lived in London back then, our school didn't close, but it was cold in the classrooms, remember keeping our coats & hats on, but then it was just as cold at home, no central heating just coal fires in a couple of rooms so we didn't really take much notice.
Remember having the old lady next door in our house every time it got really cold, so grew up with an "extra gran". Local shops opened,but expect they did run out of things. Yes your right Barry people did work closer to home so it was not such a big problem. We only had 2 cars in the whole street back then, so everyone either walked or caught the bus.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 December 2010
16:0585890sounds like my scenario pauline.
barry and you are right, very few people travelled far to their job.
many even came home for lunch.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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21 December 2010
16:2785900I used to go home from school for my cooked dinner at lunchtime. Not many do that now...
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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21 December 2010
16:3485901Same here Barry, and sometimes I`d have an extra couple of bob in my pocket by not buying a dinner ticket. 3d worth of chips instead!
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Keith Sansum1
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21 December 2010
16:3685902sheila
your correct on the snow ploughs on trains, and the army ready to act
but they also didnt have the live rail to contend with
i was lucky on stuck on a train for 3 hours yesterday for a journey of 9 miles
but getting back to the thread, i dont recall my old school St pauls in harold street ever closing.
and walked home to tower hamlets for dinner.
times have changed just a bit
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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21 December 2010
16:4785905Keith - I was watching something on tv recently and they said the live rail was first introduced on trams in the mid/late 1800's. Trains adopted the live rail for the first time in the early 1900's. So its been around for a while. I also suspect they can turn it off for sections of track to be worked on, such as snow clearance. The programme pointed out that we should never have adopted it as it has caused an awful lot of problems.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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21 December 2010
16:5185906baz;
your probably right, although the steam trains had there day
overhead lines have there problems, as do the third rail (electrified line)
bit late now we are stuck with it and need to adapt to make it workable
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