tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post116850904811370123..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: 1947: The year winter brought Britain to a standstillNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-51474956205314933082012-02-24T13:30:43.769+00:002012-02-24T13:30:43.769+00:00I was 17 in 1947 and lived in a liverpool backstre...I was 17 in 1947 and lived in a liverpool backstreet. the 'kitchen' had a coalfire and gaslight.and that was the sum of our mod cons. Snow drifts were 20ft high and the country ground to a halt.We had no coal so I searched for wood to no avail. i chopped up the attic door then a bedroom door,then a rosewood sideboard,old shoes, books, anything to keep out the intense cold. I prospected for pieces of coal on the bomb site opposite. The winter of 1963/4 was a piece of cake in comparison.ttony rainsfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-16768861655148662912011-01-03T20:16:03.635+00:002011-01-03T20:16:03.635+00:00From Gil Hughes b 1942.
I remember that the snow ...From Gil Hughes b 1942.<br /><br />I remember that the snow in our back garden in Romford Essex was deeper than my child-sized wellies could handle; the snow poured in and I developed chilblains.<br />We burnt our WW2 chicken-run and roost-box for fue1 I seem to remember. But I suspect that 1963 was worse, more cold even if less snow. Whilst in 1947 fuel was short, in 1963 the generating stations went on strike (just to even things out?) For our evening meal I remember having to warm tinned soup up with a blowlamp in my workshop; we had recently gone 'all electric' and had no gas.<br />Although it is only January 2011, (we still have the worst months to come)it does make me smile when I heard the 'doom and gloom' merchants before Christmas 2010 saying it 'was the worse weather for 100 years'Gil Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-8067350531864490682007-08-23T13:31:00.000+01:002007-08-23T13:31:00.000+01:00I am placing a link to your post on today's post. ...I am placing a link to your post on today's post. My mother and sister had pen pals in Yorkshire and Scotland between 1957-47. I have transcribed the letters in hopes someone recognizes the authors.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834029909046193413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1170166818436892032007-01-30T14:20:00.000+00:002007-01-30T14:20:00.000+00:00rapidly approaching my 60th birthday,[I was born o...rapidly approaching my 60th birthday,[I was born on 6th feb 1947] I was more than interesed in your article. I am told that I was born in my grandmother's house which had no electricity and with rationing still in force,not a lot of food for either my mother or me! I wonder how, as a nation, we would cope with life if the same conditions were to visit today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1170062992595137512007-01-29T09:29:00.000+00:002007-01-29T09:29:00.000+00:00I was just surfing on Google to find some informat...I was just surfing on Google to find some information about the winter of 1947 and came across your blog article about this subject.<BR/><BR/>It made for interesting and informative reading. My parents had talked about some of their experiences, though both of them where still children then. My mother also mentioned about the winter of 1962/3, how cold it was and how they had to dig a path from the house to the coal shed so as to have enough coal to make the fire each day.<BR/>After all those years, they still have a coal fire, having never converted to central heating.<BR/><BR/>I think that my winter experiences pale into insignificance in comparison!<BR/><BR/>We have had a mild winter where I am living now, until last week when a heavy snowfall made life very interesting.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thank you for the article. It made for interesting reading.<BR/>I may visit again in the future if I have a spare moment.<BR/><BR/>Tony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1169233991282883872007-01-19T19:13:00.000+00:002007-01-19T19:13:00.000+00:00How exactly do you "remember" the winter of 1947? ...How exactly do you "remember" the winter of 1947? <BR/><BR/>You should remember the winter of 1978 too, shouldn't you? Labour government, Viscount Wedgwood-Benn's friends in the unions running the country...<BR/><BR/>Remember those privatised utilities? Well, Tate & Lyle was slated for nationalisation at one stage before being left alone. The UK had the three day week, but did they ever run out of sugar?Peter Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401032333030427872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1169233793393068732007-01-19T19:09:00.000+00:002007-01-19T19:09:00.000+00:00... and US aid. Wait a moment, if society was sup...... and US aid. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Wait a moment, if society was superior in those days, as you claim, how come Britain was losing a war in the Middle East, this time against the less than vast forces of Begin and Shamir?Peter Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401032333030427872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1169212987298862162007-01-19T13:23:00.000+00:002007-01-19T13:23:00.000+00:00Oh for the days before global warming ;-)Oh for the days before global warming ;-)neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.com