Yellowrose Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I remember walking home from work in the winters of 1976/7 and 1978/9. All the buses had stopped, or got stuck. When was the last time that happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpuss29 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 It's December the 15th and it's drizzily out there and it's so hot I want to open a window to let some fresh air in and of course cool down... It's depressing that our winters are so warm now I'm glad though my childhood during the 80's was filled with good snow years Just feel sorry for my kids... i feel the same way its just not the same any more:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I remember one day during the early 80's when the place I worked in town closed early due to heavy snow. The buses had issued a warning that they'd be ceasing to run in about an hour, so the boss shut up shop - as did most of town - so everyone could get off home. I was one of the last to leave after securing the premises, and nearly fell through the floor when I found out I'd missed the last bus home to Bents Green. This was about 3pm, and all taxis had been claimed, so I set off walking....sans overcoat .... in smooth-soled shoes. As I struggled past Banner Cross, a double-decker went hurtling past full to the gunnels with blokes in bus uniforms - smiling smuggly as they peered gormlessly out of the bus windows. Several slips, slides, curses, and bruised butt cheeks later, as I 'hovered' backwards in an uncontrolled manner, past Ecclesall terminus, another bus load of grinning crews sidled effortlessly past. Finally, at about 5.30ish, as I swerved gracefully around the 90 degree junction that is Bents Road, yet another two decks of hate tootled past ... up the steep and 'impassable' climb that was where I lived. Where did all these fine specimens of automotive ability go to? How come, if they could transport approximately 150 bus crews from town to past the front of my house, couldn't they have taken me and the thousand other horizontal skaters along as well? Was it the same bus driving past repeatedly? Was the Executive providing it's employees with a sort of 'sax-tour'? "See the numpty fall on his chufta!!!" "Three passes for a fiver!!!" And ...... why did I discover that I had left my house key at work on arrival at my front door, and not 3 hours earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 In 1946/47 the snow was so deep on Hatfield House Lane we could hardly get through the back door. In those houses the hot water was produced by a boiler behind the fireplace. There was a terrible shortage of coal and coke , so although us kids had a great time playing in the snow, it was a nightmare for our parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stenner Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 My mum-in-law used to tell us about the bad winter of 47 as she had just had my husband and felt stranded not being able to get out much with him. Personally I can recall a bad winter around 63 when we lived up Lowedges, the snow had drifted to way above our front door!! Luckily we lived at an end house with the flats next door, so we had a back exit with a gate so we got out that way to start digging our way to the front door!! Needless to say, school didn't happen that day for me Yippeee The snow then always seemed to be about 6-12 inches thick so making snowmen or sledging was never a problem. Poor kids of today have no idea of the fun that can be had with snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonksKirby Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Living in a back to back house in Heeley (nobody was rich enough in Heeley to even have a semi detached!)I recall stepping out of our front door that year and it being up to my waist. To make matters worse no boys wore long trousers until they were 11/12 years of age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I just don't understand we just got 12inch dumped on us,:mad: I'm still digging out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Love all this talk about snowy winters. In Atlantic Canada where I live we get the same storms that Flyer gets only a day or two later and with the added thrill of the ocean breeze (more like a gale). We have several feet of snow on the ground covered with a slippery layer of ice. Wind chills this week were around the -25 mark. My dogs have to wear winter coats when I walk them. And this lovely ground cover will likely be around until May. So why do I live here? Because the summers are great. And because I put away my shovel a few years back and got someone to plow the driveway. happy shoveling, Flyer, and Merry Christmas everyone. If it's a white one you want, please take mine. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awoollen Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 In 1946/47 the snow was so deep on Hatfield House Lane we could hardly get through the back door. In those houses the hot water was produced by a boiler behind the fireplace. There was a terrible shortage of coal and coke , so although us kids had a great time playing in the snow, it was a nightmare for our parents. at that time i worked on the coop mil;k could not get out of the dairy yard the customers had to fetch there milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Love all this talk about snowy winters. In Atlantic Canada where I live we get the same storms that Flyer gets only a day or two later and with the added thrill of the ocean breeze (more like a gale). We have several feet of snow on the ground covered with a slippery layer of ice. Wind chills this week were around the -25 mark. My dogs have to wear winter coats when I walk them. And this lovely ground cover will likely be around until May. So why do I live here? Because the summers are great. And because I put away my shovel a few years back and got someone to plow the driveway. happy shoveling, Flyer, and Merry Christmas everyone. If it's a white one you want, please take mine. :) I keep bugging the wife to sell up &head for P.E.I nothing to do but drink rum all winter &jig for cod all summer,mind you being retired helps but something to do with all the g-g grand-kids seems to hold her back:D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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