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Next week, hopefully will last up to Christmas, proper cold like the 80's on it's way. You heard it here before the daily mail sensationalises it and says we are all going to get frost bite.

 

Proper snow, at Christmas? In the South? Not since 1976, old bean. And before that, 1938 apparently. There were more flurries on Christmas day since the 1990s than before it. Global warming my arse.

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Proper snow, at Christmas? In the South? Not since 1976, old bean. And before that, 1938 apparently. There were more flurries on Christmas day since the 1990s than before it. Global warming my arse.
We are entering a spell of global cooling, this is true, Gordon can stuff his warming taxes up his balloon knot.
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63 was the worst winter that I remember. Snow/slush around for weeks and weeks.

 

I was aged 4 at the time, and I honestly can't remember it, although the family photos prove there was deep snow everywhere, and it carried on for weeks, well into March, I believe.

 

The first deep snow I remember is from the mid-60's, don't know exactly which year, but we were living in Millbrook at the time, when it was actually much nicer to be there. Out front was a huge green bigger than a couple of football pitches [built over now], and it was covered in virgin snow well over a foot deep. I completely remember running down the path and deliberately jumping into the snow so that I was face up looking at the stars. I could see my imprint in the snow ABOVE me. That was deep snow.

 

Of course, being Southampton, it lasted a mere few days and then was gone.

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We have family photos of the winter of 1963 as being pretty white. I'll see if I can find one or two.

 

Trying hard to remember back to this, I was 8 at the time. I think that we did NOT have a white Christmas. In my mind it seemed to appear almost overnight. I believe it started either on Boxing Day or New Years Eve but I really can't be sure.

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Trying hard to remember back to this, I was 8 at the time. I think that we did NOT have a white Christmas. In my mind it seemed to appear almost overnight. I believe it started either on Boxing Day or New Years Eve but I really can't be sure.

 

 

I believe you're right. It understand the snow in 1962-63 lasted until about March. It was the most snow in Southampton since 1954, which was definitely before my time, but older family members tell me that lot lasted even longer - April-ish. I definitely have piccies of that year's snow on this PC. Excuse the clothing of the kids as remember it was only 9 years after the war, and it was still relatively hard times. The photos were done by my old departed Dad:

 

EDIT: Oops, forgot to include the photo with the green in front of the house where I ran into the deep snow about 12 or so years later:

Cor, snow! [Jan 27th 1954].JPG

Watch out! [Jan 27th 1954].JPG

Innocents [Jan 27th 1954].JPG

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Trying hard to remember back to this, I was 8 at the time. I think that we did NOT have a white Christmas. In my mind it seemed to appear almost overnight. I believe it started either on Boxing Day or New Years Eve but I really can't be sure.

 

Correct soulboy, it started boxing day, not that I was alive, it was also the year that the sea froze over, imagine that, it would be bouncy bouncy mastic.

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So where are those St Landrew?

 

That's early 1954 in Millbrook, one of the first post-war estates. In the first photo, you'll notice the back gardens of Severn Road and the houses and gardens of Teme Crescent opposite.

 

The second photo shows elder brother and sisters playing in the snow. The house in the background is in Calder Close. The trees on the left have been removed over the years and, the last time I saw the area, there were none left.

 

The third photo shows the huge green outside our house. Severn Road runs along, just behind the two lads pictured, and the green is behind them, all the way to the trees. Sadly, about 20 years ago it was completely built over, and the area is completely ruined IMO. But that's progress for you. When I lived in Severn Road, it was pretty much as you see in the photos.

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The second one could be straight from a Christmas card, the joy on their faces is excellent. Great photo StL

 

Thank you mate. Although Dad wasn't up to the technical bits and bobs of photography [my eldest brother did the techy bits of developing] he did have an eye for composition. We have hundreds of his little snaps, and I doubt if there is a truly bad one amongst them. The captions you see with the photos are his too.

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I believe you're right. It understand the snow in 1962-63 lasted until about March. It was the most snow in Southampton since 1954, which was definitely before my time, but older family members tell me that lot lasted even longer - April-ish. I definitely have piccies of that year's snow on this PC. Excuse the clothing of the kids as remember it was only 9 years after the war, and it was still relatively hard times. The photos were done by my old departed Dad:

 

EDIT: Oops, forgot to include the photo with the green in front of the house where I ran into the deep snow about 12 or so years later:

 

Brilliant pictures! You should get them blown up on to canvas if the scans are good enough quality?

 

Minus twelve in North Hampshire Sunday night apparently. Then if BA so actually fly me to New York on the 22nd as planned, it'll be warmer there than here, bizarre!

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