I was snowed in down the Gower on this year.A bulldozer cleared the snow for us .And the imprints of the tracks on the road are still here to this day.Crazy times I was 16 with a new scrambler susuki 250 bike what fun I had on the gower roads.Never happen today I filled up on fuel with a store I had.My farther new it was coming he said to me have fun on the Friday night and at 9pm it started small flakes wind came later blizzard conditions I went outside at night and it was like being in the North Pole snowed for 2 days,he was a farmer fantastic times.I hate the world now im 58 now and the kids don't know nothing now.We set up a big farm bomb fire and the snow melted 20ft round it and u could see the grass.No school ye 😂 I went fishing on Llangennith beach i lived 2 miles from there and it was the first and last I saw that beach covered in snow and with white dunes.
This winter was amazing. I remember getting up early to get out in the snow. Got dressed and went to the back door, couldn't open it. Front door, couldn't open that either. As we lived next to open fields the snow had drifted around the whole house to about 10 ft high. Id like to add that the milk and post was still delivered!
I'd just turned 4 at this time, memories are not so clear, but helped a bit as my dad made some brilliant clear b&w photos of us all out in the snow. Our house was right at the foot of a pretty steep hill and since there were no cars around, it made a great toboggan run. I was in South Somerset, which is generally too mild for snow - we had some the following year, and that was it till the 90s. I'm just back from Innsbruck, and even they don't get that much snow these days.
I will indeed! He just celebrated his 80th birthday and is still in Leeds. Thanks for posting this it was a real joy to see the old Poly and Dad at work.
Grew up in north Wales in the 80s, and my dad's family, who were from the Llyn Peninsula all talked like the postman. My dad was unemployed around '82 and he was made to sweep the road on the 'job creation' scheme, had the donkey jacket and little viva van. The latter he used to sleep in the back of with his lunchbox on his chest 😂
I remember this snowy Month in 82" where I was raised in St Helens. We were near Burtonwood and it snowed very heavily there. Most of the time we walked to avoid car use it was so bad.
my mother played with prince margaret during the war at drumlanrig,that experience and her living with lady ralston had a curious impact on her life in how she decorated her home and garden
Local authority house building virtually stopped at the same time the story dates from -mdue to the IMF and other cuts. 'Blight' ceased to be known from then on.
Wow, thanks for posting that. What bastards they were / are in the Labour-led councils. Never understood why they so really attack local people so belligerently, just to score political points nationally. Never understand how that wins anyone over. Completely understand why they have never been in power since - New Labour was not the same, thankfully.
Damn, Sunderland City centre was bleak back then. Kids tormenting the police from the walkways. Robbing the phones outside C&A & the fumes from the bus station.
On the 1st of June, the lad on the right (my dad) passed away. It was always his dream to be rich and famous. He was rich with his family and famous among his friends.
This is from 15th August 1986 when the chart show returned after the musicians union strike after a show called REWIND was shown throughout July & this was the very first show on Friday evening at 6:15pm & not 5:30pm
I'd like to make a formal complaint about the lack of diversity in this video, not a single black or Asian person was in it. It's no wonder people are getting so angry.
Bliss without commentary. Can't even go 5 seconds nowadays without some scumbag yoof-type continuity announcer talking over the end of a programme let alone during it.
Brilliant days I was 13 at this time frozen windows iced up outside toilets still went to school now a days bit of sleet this country comes to a stand still love to go back to the 80 a wouldnt change it for nothing
