THE WEATHER
SNOW
Susan Carberry:
We couldn't wait for it to snow and they were some of the best times at school. it was warmer at school than at home! One problem though, the school milk was frozen. Yes the icicles were well over a foot long and folks swept the snow off the "Corsey"and it piled up along the sides of the road about 4 feet deep.
Dad used to cut a gap in it outside the house so you could cross the street, and it stayed for week; , yes we went to school and the buses didn't stop running. Loved my wellies from Quality House shoe shop up St Ann's Well Rd. Think 2 more families had them after me!
Patricia Ann Terrington:
Can anyone remember the thick woollen gloves that would get wet through after hours of snowball fights and you'd try to dry them by putting them on the fire guard? They'd steam away for days and never dry - we resorted to wearing dads old woollen socks as gloves so we could carry on with the snowball fights!!
Stephanie Fox:
I remember walking to school when it had snowed was a nightmare. Boys going to Huntingdon street school snowballing us on the way to Sycamore. We were wet through when we got to school.
Elaine Walker:
Always walked to school no matter what the weather was like. And only stayed at home if we were so ill that the doctor was called in!
June Rogers:
We had wellies in the winter and plimmies in summer. Walked to school in all weathers. Came home frozen and mam would rub our feet and hands to stop chillblains. !!
David Rigby:
As a paper boy for newsagent near Lotus street opposite the barber and next to the hardware store, I would throw snowballs at the trolley bus lines when the snow was balancing on them vey very early in the dark mornings of winter, watching the rest of the snow fall down the line was worth the effort. The paper got delivered but the hands were frozen.
Tony Ann Miller:
Donkey Hill - did you sledge down it? ...... marvellous....
Mavis Baker:
Ah - no - - I was terrified of slipping where the boys had been sledging down! I remember the cold feet from footwear that let in the wet and cold.
Kay Burford:
Then the chillblain's..Ouch!!!
Tony Ann Miller:
I loved the preparation of sledging.....rubbing candle wax on to the runners to make it go faster...didn't like the bit much were you had to pull your sledge back up the Hill to start again, especially on Donkey Hill. , (1947-1959ish)
......Remember the dust bin when it had snowed and the pavements & paths were slippy...just tip out the coal ash from the night before...still hot.. and spread it around......Ssssss. Marvellous...
Susan Carberry:
We couldn't wait for it to snow and they were some of the best times at school. it was warmer at school than at home! One problem though, the school milk was frozen. Yes the icicles were well over a foot long and folks swept the snow off the "Corsey"and it piled up along the sides of the road about 4 feet deep.
Dad used to cut a gap in it outside the house so you could cross the street, and it stayed for week; , yes we went to school and the buses didn't stop running. Loved my wellies from Quality House shoe shop up St Ann's Well Rd. Think 2 more families had them after me!
Patricia Ann Terrington:
Can anyone remember the thick woollen gloves that would get wet through after hours of snowball fights and you'd try to dry them by putting them on the fire guard? They'd steam away for days and never dry - we resorted to wearing dads old woollen socks as gloves so we could carry on with the snowball fights!!
Stephanie Fox:
I remember walking to school when it had snowed was a nightmare. Boys going to Huntingdon street school snowballing us on the way to Sycamore. We were wet through when we got to school.
Elaine Walker:
Always walked to school no matter what the weather was like. And only stayed at home if we were so ill that the doctor was called in!
June Rogers:
We had wellies in the winter and plimmies in summer. Walked to school in all weathers. Came home frozen and mam would rub our feet and hands to stop chillblains. !!
David Rigby:
As a paper boy for newsagent near Lotus street opposite the barber and next to the hardware store, I would throw snowballs at the trolley bus lines when the snow was balancing on them vey very early in the dark mornings of winter, watching the rest of the snow fall down the line was worth the effort. The paper got delivered but the hands were frozen.
Tony Ann Miller:
Donkey Hill - did you sledge down it? ...... marvellous....
Mavis Baker:
Ah - no - - I was terrified of slipping where the boys had been sledging down! I remember the cold feet from footwear that let in the wet and cold.
Kay Burford:
Then the chillblain's..Ouch!!!
Tony Ann Miller:
I loved the preparation of sledging.....rubbing candle wax on to the runners to make it go faster...didn't like the bit much were you had to pull your sledge back up the Hill to start again, especially on Donkey Hill. , (1947-1959ish)
......Remember the dust bin when it had snowed and the pavements & paths were slippy...just tip out the coal ash from the night before...still hot.. and spread it around......Ssssss. Marvellous...
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