Snow....

[jojo]

In the days before Health & safety, before the wrong type of snow on the tracks, when people were tough and still proud to make things work, and getting on with it without complaining endlessly.

Here.

[Prawnster]

Thanks I enjoyed that!

[Toddy]

Thank you for that a real blast from the past

I suppose though that the railways were really the motorways of their day. Then Beeching shredded them

cheers,
Toddy

[jojo]

There was a BBC special, look at "the big freeze" tonight. Endless whinging about the worst weather in 50 years, or something like that, and then my wife found this film. What a difference in attitude. But they can't even keep the motorways open can they May be they should drag that steam engine plough out of retirement...

[launditch1]

Interesting vid thanks.That steam snowplough was brilliant!
Its a pity alot of the rail lines were broken up,prehaps there wouldnt be so much reliance on cars..

[helixpteron]

I've had the opportunity to be in areas which were having their worst weather in x hundred years.

The first involved being dressed in jeans and Levi jacket, no outer clothing or any gear other than my SAK Swiss Champ, and no shelter, whilst the other saw myself and wife uber prepared!

The latter was a far more enjoyable experience!

[Tengu]

Yes, this business of snow.

This morning I awoke and everything was covered in white stuff.

How do I account for it?

[Shewie]

Good vid Joel

[Pandabean]

I think I know the video your on about (cant watch it at work), the one where the train plough manages to get through a few feet of snow without any bother?

Its amazing to see how much HSE and other things have made our roads impassable with a few inches when compared to the thinking of people 50 years or so ago.

Anyone know if they are likely to reinstate any of the old rail lines...would solve a lot of problems?

[Tony]

There really was some good old days

[John Fenna]

Now that brought back some memories!
I was six that year...and went to school through the snow wearing shorts, long socks and leathersoled shoes. Top half was clothed in vest, thin shirt and tie, V-necked pullover, two button jacket and a gabardine overcoat. I also had a school cap and a pair of gloves.
Classes were conducted around a parafin heater in rooms where the ice never melted off the inside of the windows, the milk froze solid in its 1/4 pint bottles and the ink froze in our pens.
The playground had the most amazing slide from the door to the school gates.

We built an igloo at the end of our road and snowmen everywhere.
Snowball fights ruled our weekends with teams based in "snow castles" at each end of the field and sledging was endemic!

And a friend of my fathers died when he left his snowbogged car and tried walking 1 mile home across fields in deep snow. Exhausted he died of hypothermia (or "froze to death" as we called it then).....

[Jim_aramis]

On tuesday the East Lancs Steam Railway was running a free commuter service to get stranded people home. Probably the only reliable transport in the north west on the day.