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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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52 minutes ago, Picard said:

Depends what kids do instead of school.

Tru dat.

Neither my wife nor 

I can ever remember our schools being closed on account of the weather. Can I ask any other members who grew up in the fifties and sixties if their experience is the same?

And yes, I know that it’s a different world today but none of us ever got taken to school by car.

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spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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3 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Tru dat.

Neither my wife nor 

I can ever remember our schools being closed on account of the weather. Can I ask any other members who grew up in the fifties and sixties if their experience is the same?

And yes, I know that it’s a different world today but none of us ever got taken to school by car.

I went to school (about 10 miles from home) in the very severe winter of 1963 and cant remember having a day off>

I do remember having free milk at school and the milk being frozen in the bottles with birds pecking through the top to get at the milk.

And we didnt have central heating in our house, we used a paraffin stove which didnt chuck out much head and used to smell!!

My parents didnt have a washing machine or any other modern benefits.

Our 14" Sobell B & W telly was rented from Radio Rentals and went off air at 11.00hrs when viewers were expected to stand for playing of the National Anthem!!!

Oh and our football boots had nailed in studs which occasionally went through the soles causing lacerations to the soles of our feet.

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saint1977

saint1977

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O2 arena severely damaged in London. Southampton seems to have escaped so far but here in Devon it is doing a lot of damage and bins flying down the street, ceramic pots, anything not tied down. Weekend will be spent repairing our garden. Work in Midlands and Hurricane Dudley brought down a lot of big trees and was dangerous to travel in on Weds, bringing some very intense and cold rain. The M42 was not fun in 70mph winds. Very sad to see the church in Wells spire blown off. 122mph wind speeds clocked on the IOW. Hopefully it eases up a bit this afternoon!

 

buctootim

buctootim

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21 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

I went to school (about 10 miles from home) in the very severe winter of 1963 and cant remember having a day off>

I do remember having free milk at school and the milk being frozen in the bottles with birds pecking through the top to get at the milk.

And we didnt have central heating in our house, we used a paraffin stove which didnt chuck out much head and used to smell!!

My parents didnt have a washing machine or any other modern benefits.

Our 14" Sobell B & W telly was rented from Radio Rentals and went off air at 11.00hrs when viewers were expected to stand for playing of the National Anthem!!!

Oh and our football boots had nailed in studs which occasionally went through the soles causing lacerations to the soles of our feet.

Sounds erm, great. Cant think why we moved on. 

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Plastic

Plastic

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neighbours lost some tiles, just saw a big birch tree come down behind them. Seems to be calming down a bit now. Don't think we have any damage, fingers crossed.

moonraker

moonraker

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4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Tru dat.

Neither my wife nor 

I can ever remember our schools being closed on account of the weather. Can I ask any other members who grew up in the fifties and sixties if their experience is the same?

And yes, I know that it’s a different world today but none of us ever got taken to school by car.

Started school in 62 and definitely had closures at the beginning of the 63 snow.  Mainly because it was village school and teachers could not get there and we had kids bussed in who also could not get there.  My secondary school also closed a couple of times due to inaccessibility caused by the weather. 

 

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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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17 minutes ago, moonraker said:

Started school in 62 and definitely had closures at the beginning of the 63 snow.  Mainly because it was village school and teachers could not get there and we had kids bussed in who also could not get there.  My secondary school also closed a couple of times due to inaccessibility caused by the weather. 

 

I remember the winter of ‘63. At my school we played hockey, football and cricket in the three terms. In the middle term we didn’t play any football at all and there were piles of ice on the pavements and by the road. We lived near Harwich and large areas of the sea froze.

It was a bit different when we moved to Enfield and our temporary classrooms were so cold that the ink froze in the inkwells.

Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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I’ve got one fence post that’s come loose but luckily the shed has stopped it going to far. I thought the posts would have been secure but this one has broken its concrete spur. Just snapped it clean through.

ecuk268

ecuk268

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6 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Tru dat.

Neither my wife nor 

I can ever remember our schools being closed on account of the weather. Can I ask any other members who grew up in the fifties and sixties if their experience is the same?

And yes, I know that it’s a different world today but none of us ever got taken to school by car.

I can remember one day off due to snow at junior school in about 1960.

During the big freeze of 62-63 I was at grammar school and had to take a train and a bus to get there but never missed a day (and the trains kept running).

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cloggy saint

cloggy saint

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2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

It was a bit different when we moved to Enfield and our temporary classrooms were so cold that the ink froze in the inkwells.

I expect the feathers on your quill went all stiff too?

Seems to have died down here now, thankfully without too much damage.

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spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I remember the winter of ‘63. At my school we played hockey, football and cricket in the three terms. In the middle term we didn’t play any football at all and there were piles of ice on the pavements and by the road. We lived near Harwich and large areas of the sea froze.

It was a bit different when we moved to Enfield and our temporary classrooms were so cold that the ink froze in the inkwells.

So did we.
Football up until Xmas, Hockey until Easter then cricket.
However we all wanted to concentrate on football.
What school did you go to?

badgerx16

badgerx16

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4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I remember the winter of ‘63. At my school we played hockey, football and cricket in the three terms. In the middle term we didn’t play any football at all and there were piles of ice on the pavements and by the road. We lived near Harwich and large areas of the sea froze.

It was a bit different when we moved to Enfield and our temporary classrooms were so cold that the ink froze in the inkwells.

 

2 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

So did we.
Football up until Xmas, Hockey until Easter then cricket.
However we all wanted to concentrate on football.
What school did you go to?

When I started KES football was banned, not even allowed on the playground. Rugby and cross country in the autumn term, hockey in the middle term, cricket and atheltics in summer.

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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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12 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

So did we.
Football up until Xmas, Hockey until Easter then cricket.
However we all wanted to concentrate on football.
What school did you go to?

Harwich County High School and then Enfield Grammar school. The three term system was at Harwich.

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Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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14 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Lost three fence panels now. One of them looks salvageable but the other two were obviously rotten and needed replacing anyway.

Make that four 😣

egg

egg

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1 hour ago, whelk said:

Still missing a couple of balloons but fire brigade seem completely uninterested 

Peasants. I'd stop paying my council tax in protest if I were you. That'll teach them. 

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egg

egg

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2 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Make that four 😣

Two panels for me, plus 3 dislodged posts on another fence. 

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Just the one panel for me, but it was on the way out anyway. Gazebo still fully intact, which proves I'm more manly than the amateurs who built the Millennium Dome. 😎

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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3 fence posts broken to join the one that went in January, currently they have been righted and tied to trees, and one to a scrap motor bike, to keep them upright for now.

Another storm blowing in tomorrow afternoon and runnjng through to Monday morning.

kyle04

kyle04

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3 hours ago, whelk said:

Still missing a couple of balloons but fire brigade seem completely uninterested 

Please don't tell us you weren't insured ?

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Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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We've taken another battering here in Sheffield. Been raining incessantly since the early hours and all the rivers in the city have burst their banks at various points. A slight respite at the moment but more heavy rain forecast overnight. 

Been bad in Leeds and Manchester as well so I gather. 

badgerx16

badgerx16

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12 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

We've taken another battering here in Sheffield. Been raining incessantly since the early hours and all the rivers in the city have burst their banks at various points. A slight respite at the moment but more heavy rain forecast overnight. 

Been bad in Leeds and Manchester as well so I gather. 

Goes through to at least 14:00 tomorrow.

Turkish

Turkish

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53 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

We've taken another battering here in Sheffield. Been raining incessantly since the early hours and all the rivers in the city have burst their banks at various points. A slight respite at the moment but more heavy rain forecast overnight. 

Been bad in Leeds and Manchester as well so I gather. 

Yep bad here too. Wind and heavy rain all day. Aborted the trip to Bournemouth thankfully. This is my golf club today 1st, 18th green in the first picture 10th in the second 

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