This is what I posted at the time.
There are some people comparing the big freeze that started before Christmas with the winter of 1963. They cannot have been there. It started snowing on Boxing Day, and London ended up with two feet of snow. Temperatures stayed below freezing until March! I had just turned eighteen and can remember the roads and pavements being snowbound through January and February.
I did a paper round in those days, every day from Monday to Saturday, and I bore everybody to death with my story that I never missed a delivery. How I managed to get around on my bike on the icy roads, I have no idea, but I never came off once. At that age you must never feel the cold .
It was an article in the Stroud Times (with some great photos) that reminded me that January 1963 was the coldest month since 1814. Chris Packham presents Winter Watch - The Big Freeze that is on iPlayer and on BBC 4 next Thursday.
10th January 2025
No snow here so far today, but last night temperatures were down to -7C. At 2pm still at -3C and our cars are still covered in ice. As they were over two hours later in the photo below. It was very cold out there.
11th January 2025
Freezing fog this morning as temperatures dipped to -6C.
The frost of yesterday never cleared and this morning's freeze has added another layer.
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