THE WINTER OF 1978-79 video Colin C.

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To complete my treble of Bad Winters I am doing the winter of 1978-79. A one I remember as I was 19 at the time. I wish I was a bit younger and could have experienced it as a kid. I saw how much fun they were having. Something that todays Generation have never experienced. We get so little snow now and if we do get a downfall it seems to disappear quite quickly. Not sure the adults enjoyed this one I know Mam and Dad didn't. Hope you enjoy I promise no more Winter videos. Even though my video of the 62-63 winter has gone over 280 thousand views.

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@johnbailey5616 8 месяцев назад

No silly weather warnings from the met Office. 😅 we got on with it 😂

@theresakspence4674 8 месяцев назад

When we still carried on instead of crying!😂

@Arfabiscuit 8 месяцев назад

No communal facilitys no tv no internet never bored out every chance we had great days of adventure and imagination . And books .

@stevek3036 8 месяцев назад

I was born in 64 so was 14 in 78 - I have to say I don't recall that winter as being especially cold but here's the thing. Our generation just sucked it up as part of life - We didn't question events, we got on with dealing with it and I have happy memories

@CH-qp7cl 8 месяцев назад

Me too, I remember the snow but not the cold

@kentonnur 8 месяцев назад

You just cannot imagine how this hi tech but pampered society of today would cope with even the hint of a winter like this. The media would go into meltdown

@janicebarthram6759 8 месяцев назад

I remember transport still running, schools still open and shops still open. Unlike today where after 2cm of snowfall the country closes down.

@robinberryman5949 8 месяцев назад

I was, 16 year old and of course had a moped to get to work on, boy that was cold and so dangerous on two wheels. I never fell off, went to work ever day knowing spring would come and my 17 birthday and I could ride a 250cc bike just wonderful

@craigbuckley3373 5 месяцев назад

Excellent. You wouldn't believe it without seeing it. Great documentary of social history. Thank You

@kayray4858 8 месяцев назад

On this day I was wearing sandals, in class I felt a tickle on my toe, so I screwed up my toes and BANG the worst pain I ever felt, I looked down as a wasp 🐝 flew out of my sandal. I told the teacher the whole class laughed at me😢 because it was snowing. I pushed my bycicle for 4miles thru the snow. I sat in our shed with my foot in the snow for 3 hours, my mom came home and found me😱my foot and leg had swollen so much you couldn’t see my foot. I found out I’m severely allergic to wasps, the snow stopped the venom from reaching my heart.

@oleggorky906 4 месяца назад

What with boilers and heating ducts which insects can sometimes nest in in big buildings such as schools, hospitals etc, where a constant heating supply is essential in the colder months, people often fail to realise that creatures like these can survive in big building complexes, out of their normal length of season. In fact, during late December last year and January of this year, both the World Darts Championship and the Masters Snooker Championship were disrupted when wasps entered the auditorium, resulting in stings for players in both tournaments (Luke Littler in the darts, Jack Lisowski in the snooker.) Also, I used to work at a recycling centre where crickets could be heard chirping in winter, having utilised the heat from a boiler. With al that in mind, and knowing how animals and insects can adapt to urban life, such as foxes in the UK, and evidence of coyotes urbanising in parts of North America in their quest for food, I had no problem believing that a wasp stung you on a frigid, snowy, day. I’m glad that that same cold and snow also saved your life. Thanks for sharing your story. 👍

@caldwellfisher5288 3 месяца назад

Why did you ware saddles in the worst winter in years? / I don't disbelieve your story but ive never seen a wasp bee fly butterfly ant or any kind of bug in winter. This oleggorrky906 may have point, but I've never seen or heard of that. A nasty way too find out your allergy~ and being more aware now maybe saved you several times. I expect picnics are not on your fun list.

@oleggorky906 3 месяца назад

@@caldwellfisher5288 All you have to do, seeing as RU-vid are being absolutely strident about links, even when accurate and on topic, is put into your search engine: Ally Pally - World Darts Championship 2024 - Luke Littler stung by wasp on stage, or: Snooker UK Masters 2024 - Jack Lisowski stung on finger by wasp. You should have no problem finding the relevant footage. The darts tournament took place between the 15th of December 2023 and the 3rd of January 2024. The snooker tournament took place from the 7th of January 2024 to the 14th of January 2024. Both well into winter, even though it’s been a very mild one in much of the UK. As for not seeing insects in the winter, you can’t have been observing properly; they are not as prevalent because the obvious optimum conditions aren’t there for warmth or food. But they are resilient enough in some situations to find somewhere where they can take advantage of artificially higher temperatures, such as in big buildings with heating ducts, etc. And It’s definitely not uncommon now to see houseflies occasionally in the winter in modern, centrally heated homes even if I don’t suggest that they are as irritating as on a warm day in July or August. In Iceland insects can thrive all winter around some hot springs, living off the algae. And if you have ever seen any of Matthew Posa’s camping and survival videos, he will sometimes focus on spiders enticed inside his tent by the warmth of his stove. Matthew usually posts from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, which is situated in the Upper Midwest where the winters are far more brutal than anything that the UK has to endure. In some places the temperature can dip to -40, where Celsius and Fahrenheit meet. Some spots also average around 216 to 240 inches of snow - approximately between five and half to over six metres.

@alanhindmarch4483 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well. I was 24 at the time, my late brother 19. We walked 10 or so miles from home to our Grandfathers, to check he was OK. Some roads hadn’t been opened and we were the first through, with snow waist high and climbing over drifts as high as 10/12 feet or more. Then back again, absolutely knackered when we got home after being out for about 10 hours.

@RHR-221b 8 месяцев назад

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@Georgieastra 8 месяцев назад

What part of the country was that?

@alanhindmarch4483 8 месяцев назад

@@Georgieastra Around the area Bishop Auckland, County Durham

@Georgieastra 8 месяцев назад

@@alanhindmarch4483 Cheers My dad is from Newcastle. The north east tends get snow even if most places escape it.

@rabbit64sj91 8 месяцев назад

Remember it well. I turned fifteen in February 1979, so was a 4th year in secondary school. Our school would close one or two days a week due to the fuel crisis, combined with the very cold weather. I had a paper round to do also, and came off my bicycle a few times, ouch! Thanks for posting on here. ⛄❄😀

@giannihallett4951 8 месяцев назад

Remember it well kids nowadays won't know what we went through back in the day now we're lucky if we see snow go into panic mode loved watching brought back memories

@colinthegeordiehistorian10 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for taking time to comment

@trevorford9432 8 месяцев назад

So true we had steal framed windows in the 70s the net curtain used to freeze to the inside of the window (they where the good old days) 😊 and only one coal fire to heat the house.

@amandaduggan9051 8 месяцев назад

I remember the winter of 78/79, I was 23. I had to walk to work up a hill over a mile long. The snow was so deep on the pavement where it had drifted so I walked all the way on the road. I remember the birds perched on top of the snow desperate for food so I fed them with my sandwiches and by the time I arrived at work I had none left! A lot of people had frozen pipes in their homes; as most people did not have central heating then or double glazing.

@colinthegeordiehistorian10 8 месяцев назад

Same here Amanda only had coal fire and a paraffin heater that used to be used in the kitchen and Bathroom crazy days but you just worked with what you had. Thank you for the comment.

@amandaduggan9051 8 месяцев назад

@@colinthegeordiehistorian10 Back in the day my folks had a green Alladin Parafin heater and used it on the landing. The top could be unscrewed and removed and you could boil a kettle on it! There was a Rayburn in the living room/kitchen which was kept in all winter and my mum did all her cooking on it. It kept us from freezing in 1963 and many other cold winters.

@davidtomlinson6138 8 месяцев назад

I was 20 that Feb . Great days

@lyntonryan4766 8 месяцев назад

Back then it was Single glazed metal frame windows in our council house , I used to scratch my name in the frost on the inside of the window 🥶 !

@amandaduggan9051 8 месяцев назад

@@lyntonryan4766 We lived in a council house with metal framed windows when I was a kid. Not only was it usual in cold weather for them to be covered in frost on the inside, but they would also be frozen shut and you couldn't open them unless they thawed a little. We had a Rayburn in the main room and my dad used a paraffin heater on the landing just outside the loo to try and prevent the pipes and old cast iron cistern from freezing solid. We used rubber hot water bottles in our beds and put eiderdowns on top for extra warmth. When my mum passed away in 2014 we found one of those old eiderdowns in the cupboard! It brought back so many memories.

@madelief47 7 месяцев назад

I remember this winter very well! I was 19 years old then. living in the south of the Netherlands. On New Years Eve nothing was happened. When I woke up the next morning my room was still dark. I lived in the top of the house, the attic. I had a big glass window there, flat on the roof, it was completely covered with snow. When I opened it, I could hardly see trough a strong and very cold blizzard. Everything was white! The garage could not be opened due a large mountain of powdersnow... So, in a couple of hours, every went completely white and frozen. I had vacation, and with some friends I dicided to go for a walk across the farmingfields and the forest. For hours.... We made it, but my feet were almost frozen. But the sight of everything in a thick layer of snow was wonderful! Going to school; I had a moped, and to my school was a nearly 2 and a half miles. I had to go on the mainroad, between the cars. All other paths for bicyclists were not possible to drive on. In februari there was an icerain. It sounded like falling glass. Everything went under a layer of thick ice. Roads, people could skate on it, and they did. In the garden we had a plant with large leaves. If you broke off the ice, it had the exact shape of the leaf. So I had an iceleaf in my hand... Good memory's, nice to see this back, thanks for posting!

@grumpyowl66 8 месяцев назад

I never forgot February 1979 as i was due having baby. Lived in village on hill, fun and games NOT when pregnant. No heating in maternity hospital, no laundry, and no visitors. Joy, times to remember.

@dennishughes1942 8 месяцев назад

My wife the same. Luckily she was admitted to Hospital the day before for observation and was there during the storm. Our twin boys came early on the 19th Feb.

@susanvanderbilt358 8 месяцев назад

Me too! Had a toddler n it was a right bastard going shopping n ready to drop one out too!😂😂😂.. thank god for me silver cross pram.. they were so sturdy😂

@andrewtongue7084 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well, Colin. On one occasion, my Mother & I ( I was eighteeen at the time) had to negotiate two miles of serious snowdrifts on foot to our nearest town for food supplies - there were no online deliveries as we have now. I recall dragging my Mother's relatively full wheelie basket on the return journey - it took us three hours to get back; soaked clothing, frozen extremities, with attendant chillblains. That said, as with many individuals across the country, we endured & were none the worse for our (collective) experience. Can you imagine the magnitude of outcry there would be for today's younger generation. I consider few, if any, would have the resilience to sustain themselves or cope, now. In retrospect, it was a tough Winter, but I look back & smile at such adversity....

@sam.p12345 8 месяцев назад

Eighteen and still living at home with mummy, presumably having left school at 16 with bollock all qualifications and shuffled along to your local public sector employer, with days off for a bit of snow, from whence you retired in your 50s. Imagine how happy the younger generation would be with that scenario.

@andrewkitchenuk 8 месяцев назад

I don't agree, this generation would cope just fine and that's the opinion of a man in his 70s. Don't believe all you see on social media, they're as resilient as we were when they need to be.

@andrewtongue7084 8 месяцев назад

Each to their own, Andrew. My opinion is not based upon "social Media", at all - it is referenced from behaviours that I have witnessed on the high street - entitlement, lack of coping with the minutest of issues or in decision making, & if you cannot deal with that minutiae, it's unlikely that the significant matters in one's life are going to be dealt with effectively...Intrinsic values are, for the most part, no longer existent. It is understood that as time passes, things will inexorably alter - but should not be sacrificed for common decency, respect for others, & a willingness to be proactive in one's community - & I'm only a decade younger than you, Sir. Enjoy what remains of your day.

@lyntonryan4766 8 месяцев назад

@@andrewtongue7084 Ye chillblains now I do remember them , came home one night freezing took my boots off put my feet Infront of the fire , my old mother said "you'll get chillblains" I thought what she going on about my feet are freezing , then I had chillblains , life is definitely a learning curve no doubt about that !!!!

@andrewtongue7084 8 месяцев назад

You have that right, Lynton, chillblains are very painful....we all learn, & often the hard way ...

@richardgiles2484 8 месяцев назад

I remember both. As a child in 63 I remember opening the back door and seeing Six foot of snow 😂. In 79 I remember saying to my Dad see you tomorrow and didn't see him for a week 😂😂😂

@davidtomlinson6138 8 месяцев назад

I turned 20 that Feb. remember it well , lots of snow , i had a red mini van , not had it long ,paid £85 great fun 🙂🥶☃️better days than the crap we have now 🙄🧐

@chrisjacobs5926 8 месяцев назад

I was 15 in December 78. Went to bed after midnight. It was already snowing. Really windy and the snow was blowing all over the place. When l woke up the snow was still falling and still blowing about. I could not believe how deep the snow was and how it had drifted. I was in North Kent and had seen snow a lot but nothing like that. 8 hour blizzard. On new years day it snowed almost all day, very light snow though. I don't think it got above freezing for a week. At night it was about -8 to -10C in the towns. Even colder in the countryside. Out toward Meopham the roads had 10ft drifts up against the hedgerows and fences. Totally amazing. Thanks for reminding me of it.

@sallybutton6237 8 месяцев назад

I witnessed both 1963 & 1978/79 winters. I know these were extreme but we just don’t seem to get hardly any normal winters now, many years pass by without even a hint of snow. I wish to see one more snowy winter before I die. The only true winters I remember are all mostly from my childhood & early teens. We all just got on with life during these heavy snowfalls, even attended school. What a different world it is now, doubt the youngsters could cope as we oldies did.

@andrewkitchenuk 8 месяцев назад

The current generation would cope just fine if they had to.

@Mike-1000 8 месяцев назад

Haha yes, we walked over 3 miles in the deep snow to get to school. Virtually everyone made it too, teachers and pupils.

@leeeastwood6368 8 месяцев назад

@@andrewkitchenuk, no they wouldn't. I was in the army for the summer of 1976. I was just out during the winter of 1978/79. the UK would not be able to cope with either of those weather events today!

@GP-pw5wb 8 месяцев назад

I cannot remember missing one day of school in the 60/70 we just got on with it no matter what mother nature threw at us. Todays society it seems every thing just shuts down at the slightest indication of bad weather.

@leeeastwood6368 8 месяцев назад

@@GP-pw5wb, bunch of snowflakes!😁

@glpilpi6209 8 месяцев назад

I was moving freight trains around East Anglia to London. It was so cold in Cambridgeshire that the rubber brake pipes were freezing straight . It was chilly , but we kept the freight moving with plenty of hot tea.

@christopherwatkins4005 8 месяцев назад

I remember my dad making me a sledge and taking me bradgate park in Leicester i was only 10 years old but as much fun we had in the snow it was super cold we had no central heating and only aluminium framed windows there was as much frost on the inside as there was outside … great video mate brought back memories thank you

@grahamjordan1040 8 месяцев назад

No such thing as super cold 🙄

@PeterSmith-ls7ut 8 месяцев назад

@@grahamjordan1040 East Antarctica 🤪

@mhd5826 8 месяцев назад

I was 11 at this time and we couldn't have got to Bradgate if we'd wanted to, our south Leics village was almost cut off with no buses (no school!), no deliveries and lots of fun!😊

@theautumnalcyclist7629 8 месяцев назад

I was 7 and in a Barnados children's home. I remember walking to school, the log fire's, neighbours checking in on each other, it was wonderful,

@splifsend 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well. I was 11, My Dad sent me to the shops to get him some tobacco, Usually it would take me about 30 mins there and back, only this time it took me hours because of the snow drifts at least 10 foot tall in places.. I got lost going across the fields - everything was white I completely lost sense of direction.. On a more positive note though a few friend and I got together and built a bob slay run through the woods, the snow was so deep it was mostly tunnels all the way.

@charleshart6992 8 месяцев назад

Excellent, l remember both 63 and 78 very well!

@robshorts 8 месяцев назад

Was only 5 in Winter of 1979, had started school only a few months earlier in September 1978 and remember deep snow in the playground and a path that the caretaker had dug out. At the time I didn't think much of it all as was so young, it was all more of an adventure. We had also moved from a house with central heating to a house with no central heating in the summer of 1978. So the first winter in that house was with no central heating. Each room had a either a gas fire or gas wall heater. It was warm, but my parents did receive a high gas and electric bill as it was an inefficient way of heating.

@mandypinkney5949 6 месяцев назад

Remember it like it was yesterday. We had to walk 7 miles into work do a full shift & walk home again EVERY DAY. FAB Memories

@getstek 8 месяцев назад

I was 18 during the Winter of 1979. Just got a job as a postman. It was a nightmare start to a career! Fortunately I got through it and never saw a Winter as bad again.

@colinthegeordiehistorian10 8 месяцев назад

It was a hard winter getstek

@irenedavo3768 8 месяцев назад

@@colinthegeordiehistorian10amazing

@zaftra 8 месяцев назад

82 was bad.

@pam164 8 месяцев назад

I was 18 in 1979 also.

@gerardmackay8909 8 месяцев назад

Dec 81 Jan 82 unbelievably cold and snowy (mild February stopped that winter being a record breaker) Mid Jan 87 saw the coldest day since 1740 with London maxing out on the 12th at -7 and even the Scilly Isles not getting above -2

@Tyke107 8 месяцев назад

it's one memory that will never leave me. I was 7 and having moved here from Australia, was my first english winter. I hated it with a passion

@LOCHLEVEN12 8 месяцев назад

Memories, children being children and people and communities helping each other, what the hell has happened 😭😭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@lsmith992 8 месяцев назад

I was 25 with 2 small children. The snow piled up on the paths with narrow walkways and the ice didn't disappear till May. But although that winter was really bad, snowy ones were normal . Most of the 70s had cold damp winters with lots of laying ice. Amazing we had those 2 hot summers in 75 and 76 as well.

@TheWacoKid1963 8 месяцев назад

Sledges, we never had sledges, Fison's fertiliser bags split down the sides was wayyyyy better 👍

@amandaduggan9051 8 месяцев назад

Or a large metal tray.

@stevetaylor8698 8 месяцев назад

Until you slid over a brick!

@TheWacoKid1963 8 месяцев назад

@@stevetaylor8698 I'd hate to disappoint you, but, it never happened 1) You don't find many house bricks in the middle of a field that hasn't been touched by farming or industry 2) When using a sheet of plastic, you create a ditch like a bobsled run 3) We used the same piece of ground every year 4) unlike yourself, we weren't as thick as pig sheet

@mariatyraa8345 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant! It brought back memories. I was pregnant with my second child and had a one yr old. I really struggled with snow passed my knees and a very large bump 😂

@colinthegeordiehistorian10 8 месяцев назад

Glad you got through it Maria

@mariatyraa8345 8 месяцев назад

@@colinthegeordiehistorian10 I certainly did, a 10lb baby boy arrived in early May.

@PeterSmith-ls7ut 8 месяцев назад

4 star petrol, 79 pence a gallon, wow

@anthonyeaton5153 3 месяца назад

And you were earning £20 a week.

@PeterSmith-ls7ut 3 месяца назад

@@anthonyeaton5153 I was, exactly!

@zaftra 8 месяцев назад

77, 82 also cool deep snowy winters.

@hondac7028 8 месяцев назад

I was only eight but remember it well was a great time to be that age my kids don't believe me when I tell them what winters were like I remember heart of glass by blondie was number one to my favourite band.😂

@VWT5Alive 3 месяца назад

I doubt we’ll see another winter like those again !

@junemckirdle4969 8 месяцев назад

Happy memories ❤

@Richard-fv7rq 3 месяца назад

Yes, was 10 and remember this well. Lived in Middlesex and I can still remember being outside and my hands feeling like they were going to fall off. Today some sections of our 'community' would likely cry that the weather was targeting them.

@lyntonryan4766 8 месяцев назад

I remember this winter I was 10 years old snow everywhere , diving into snow drifts your mates having to pull you out , rolling a snowball so big we couldn't push it any further , sledding everyday , back then it seemed to last for ever but it did when you was young and free !

@tonyr1963 8 месяцев назад

I remember that winter. I was in my last year at school. I can’t remember missing any school time during that winter. We always got there somehow. No double glazing or central heating in our house. Would often wake up to frost on the inside of our windows. 🥶 I’ve done a vehicle check on the snow blower at 1:43. It was registered in 1979 and was owned by Durham CC. It was showing on their Winter Service Plan for 2010/2011 as being based at their Wolsingham depot. Last change of logbook was in 2012 so it may have been sold but it’s showing as being taxed until next July. I’d say they’ve had their monies worth out of that 😁😁

@Arfabiscuit 8 месяцев назад

We went tobogganing on corrogated iron sheets over Hampstead Heath brilliant

@ddivincenzo1194 6 месяцев назад

Nice compilation! I was born in Massachusetts in '65. Two record blizzards here were in '68 (I have vague memories of that) and '78 (I remember quite well). Our first beloved dog was born during the latter. RIP Inca, Lyle and Pem.

@spencercorker7013 4 месяца назад

Remember this well. I was 10 years old and lived just outside of Durham. The old folks couldn't get out of there bungalows as they opened their doors onto a wall of snow. Local miners came and dug them out. Drifts literally as high lamp posts. I remember all the strikes too. Our primary school had converted to oil cental heating in the mid 70s. So with the the lorry driver strike on, we didn't have any heating on in the school when we arrived back to start the new term. while the headmaster was probably making some frantic phonecalls, we were gathered in our classroom in coats and scarves taking part in a pop quiz our teacher had organised to keep us kids amused. After a few hours, we were sent home - for 6 weeks 😃. So, barring a couple of hours at school. We had 9 weeks off for Christmas. We eventually returned when the lorry drivers strike came to and end 😢. It's the only time as kid that I'd taken an interest in the news just to check to see if the strike was still holding.

@nowhere982 8 месяцев назад

I do. My first child was born in 1976, beautiful heatwave summer and I remember the snow of 1978.....it was lovely.... Well I was young then so not intimidated by weather 😂💕 I also remember the really bad winter in the early 60's( 63?). Now that was bad, no central heating!!!

@tedthesailor172 8 месяцев назад

I remember thinking I might have trouble getting to work. When I opened the door next morning I couldn't even find the car...

@jeremyclifford1664 8 месяцев назад

I was started being a motorcycle courier,in london,(n'everywhere),i, completely,loved it,awesome,snow blizzards,freezing,if only,it went on forever,happy memories,tinged with heartbreak,ain't that the way

@zodiaczigzag1853 8 месяцев назад

I was born in 62, and was 17 for 1979, those were the days when winter was a winter ,agree to day if we get a bit of snow every one panic ,

@SupportMensMentalHealth 6 месяцев назад

I was 8, i remember this well

@jeannemillsom9300 4 месяца назад

We had just moved from Sheffield to Redditch in Worcestershire in late 1978, I remember that we were so hard up we could not afford a carpet for the living room, I had a 19 month old toddler who crawled about on the floor, so we bought underlay to lessen the cold thermoplastic tiles. I remember the bitterly cold days, and I was pregnant with my second son , who was born in early March 1979, there was still ice and snow on the ground.It was difficult walking as the pavements were so icy.

@andrewmcdonald6987 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much. Andrew J McDonald

@oleggorky906 4 месяца назад

I remember that winter. It first snowed at the latter part of the Christmas holidays. By the middle of the first week of January, much of the snow had begun to thaw and then refreeze during the evenings, leaving a sheet of ice down for when the next round of storms came during the first weekend of the new year - Friday 5th to Sunday the 7th of January. What made things worse is that we got strong winds at times, causing the snow to drift. Sometimes you would be walking where the snow had blown away, but the thick ice from the previous storm lay exposed which made it hard to walk on the pavement. As the winter wore on, there were several very short-lived mild spells with heavy rain, followed by new rounds of heavy snow. Queensbury is in the Bradford area. I was living in the Barnsley area back then so not a million miles away by any means. As well as the strikes you mentioned, we were all living with the terror that the Yorkshire Ripper might strike again and no one was ever sure where it would be next. It really was a horrible winter for all sorts of reasons.

@anthonycharnock6560 8 месяцев назад

I remember this one well...There is a classic film made in Canada called C.R.A.Z.Y...The winter scene in that film evokes memories of the 78/79 Winter...for me at any rate. It has the same atmosphere.

@carolewynn9407 8 месяцев назад

I certainly do, they were my o level years, no school closures, I remember we sat with our coats and gloves on for lessons ( no heating ), and walked over 3 miles to school and back. No central heating at home, ice on the inside of the windows, homework done by candlelight, and yet we survived.

@user-xl3df5sv3n 8 месяцев назад

I remember this well my daughter had just been born and having to shovel huge amounts of snow from our front door and garden

@laverdajota8089 8 месяцев назад

I was 17 and had a great girlfriend, didn’t treat her how I should , so she dumped me . What a fool I was

@suziejames7510 8 месяцев назад

I remember setting off from home with my husband and two sons to go to my mum's for New Years eve. We only got a couple of miles down the road but had to turn back it was so bad. The middle of March '79 my cousin had his 21st and again we couldn't get there because the road out of our village was completely blocked. I remember so many cold snowy winters in the 60's and 70's and now we hardly get any snow and if we do it only lasts a day or two.

@pflynn581 8 месяцев назад

I was 8years old and i remember the day before the blizzards started it was a beautiful clear blue sky day but very cold.The next day it was hard to see a few yards in front with strong winds and very heavy snow.Had quite a few hard winters in my lifetime since but nothing like that.

@FrankJCarver 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well. I was 15 and living in Northern Ireland at the time. I lived in the country. It was very picturesque, I have to admit.

@antd6993 8 месяцев назад

Wow I remember😮following a snow plough just like 0.40 with me Mam n Dad as they travelled into work and me in the back seat on me way to School, I was 8 and we lived just ootside Newcastle..the snow n ice was immense and of course after school p, sledging heaven❤nae excuses for work n school back in the day😂

@devlinhartman1223 8 месяцев назад

I remember going to bed on New Year’s Eve & it just started to snow ( I was 11yearsold ) when I woke up we had drifts up to 4 ft deep in Canvey Essex. The colour of the clouds was amazing like a dark purple colour

@750triton 8 месяцев назад

That was the year my dad, my brother and I spent a day in the loft of our hill top 3 storey house, clearing snow. House was 300 year old and although had been tiled, had no baffle under the eves to prevent snow being blown in. The 3 of us took turns helping our mum carry buckets full down stairs to dump outside. It was almost as deep as the joists. What a day

@gijgij4541 8 месяцев назад

Remember it VERY well... Fine powder snow blown through the hedgerows by gale force winds, creating amazing undulating sculptures. A Citroen on the road to Walkern, all four wheels dug out and dangling in the air, as the belly of the car rested on a bed of snow...

@wendyj400 8 месяцев назад

Not a overweight child in sight , we all played out back in the day

@micko4463 8 месяцев назад

Love the pics Colin I was a 63 born and these pics bring back an england i miss the cars the clothes all memories of a very different time, talking to the carreers officer and being advised to go and sign on as there was bugger all work lol but i got a job fot the grand weekly wage of nineteen quid after stoppages, I still think they were better times we still had real shops pubs ymi snooker clubs and great fish and chips, great videos thanks 👍

@flamingooaisis 8 месяцев назад

The best winter I remember. I was 9 and it just seemed to go on forever. Have a photo somewhere of me next to a snowdrift that reached the top of our garage.

@IhaveMy0pinion 8 месяцев назад

Oh yeah I do. Now 57.....wow right up over our window 😂❤

@baronvonchickenpants6564 8 месяцев назад

My biker friends and i had the times of our lives riding in this snow

@brucemcqueen6802 8 месяцев назад

It was in my early days of British Rail as a traction trainee (driver) that I found myself in this formidable winter. My first year at school had been in the winter of 1963 the coldest winter since 1763, but 1978/79 came close. The Penmanshiel Tunnel near to Grantshouse in the Scottish Borders collapsed on the 17th of March with two men’s body’s never recovered if I remember correctly. On early morning trains from Newcastle to Edinburgh we would smash through dozens of huge icicles hanging from the tunnel’s roof. Little did I realise how dangerous the situation had become. The East Coast Main Line (ECML) was eventually diverted around the collapsed tunnel and I believe there to be a cairn to the memory of the men who died.

@RHR-221b 8 месяцев назад

*💓 Rest In Peace.*

@pam164 8 месяцев назад

Strikes galore, 1978 to 79 also.

@chasidahl8563 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic video, Colin. Very atmospheric photos and a superb explanation of each phase of the winter crisis. Particularly loved the beautiful dog being rescued. So glad he was safe. I was 2 yrs old in that winter of '62 too! I remember it well. The '79 winter was definitely an improvement, but it was still a real harsh time to live through. It was bitterly cold outside, but the warm community spirit certainly saved the day. Working class people, as usual, helping each other and just getting on with it. Thanks for the walk down a very chilly memory lane, Colin! 🥶🥶🥶🥶

@colinthegeordiehistorian10 8 месяцев назад

Hi Chasidah good to hear from you thank you again for your comment. Hope you are well not long till christmas lol

@pablolowenstein1371 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well. It was so cold we all had to huddle around my dars woodbine for warmth.

@FatherZed696 8 месяцев назад

I was 15 .. a real mod skinhead our school closed ..the specails were the top band at that time 🏁 2tone records ! Snow was 5 foot deep brilliant days !

@martinriley106 8 месяцев назад

So good to see how things were back then again, it’s easy to forget what it was like. You’ve just brought back lots of old memories now.

@brianhoskins1979 8 месяцев назад

I wasn't born until late October of '79. So I missed this extreme event. I was alive for the big snow in 1982 but I don't remember it. I do, however, remember many nice snow falls during my childhood. Now I have my own Son, and he is 6. He has never seen proper snow. We've had _dustings_ of snow, but nothing like I enjoyed when I was his age. I fear that the dustings he's seen will be the last snow fall he ever gets to see in this country.

@rogerwilson6367 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well.

@darrenplatten454 8 месяцев назад

I was 9 and it was so much fun jumping out of mum and dad's bedroom window into.the snow which was just under the window sill

@autumnleaves2766 Месяц назад

Remember it well. Our school in Ponteland almost never closed even when the snow was really deep. For the most part, everything kept running. The last really cold winter was 2010-2011 but its all been pretty mild since then.

@thepub245 8 месяцев назад

Yep the boiler failed at my secondary school and it had to close for a week. Magic.

@MAJ1967 4 месяца назад

Oh I remember this only too well. I recall opening the front door one morning and the snow being just a complete white wall about 8ft high where it had drifted. The snow even had the door pattern imprint in it. We had to tunnel our way out to WALK to school!!!

@moonjumper66 8 месяцев назад

I do remember i was working in holland as a car mecanic a lot of cars were stranded on the roads ..couldn't hold one single tool because my fingers were frozen never forget it.

@shanedavis9166 8 месяцев назад

I remember it very well. We lived in a small Leics village called Gumley. We were cut off for 3 days. Great fun in the local hilly fields with plastic cattle feed sacks. Who needs a sledge lolo

@davids6194 3 месяца назад

I was a month old in 1662 and 17 in 1979, I had a 125 trials bike, and me and a mate had some real fun going everywhere we were just about the only people moving it was brilliant from our point of vew.

@Bass-guitarist 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for making this video, i was 10 in 1979 and have memories of some of this time. Regards G

@TheMase60 8 месяцев назад

I remember doing a paper round through that winter around Harrogate felt at the time the winter would never end and still snowed in late march possibly April.

@trevorclarkson6089 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well, I’m from harr as well

@sollyolly9547 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Sadly, I was sick and in hospital, as quite a young kid. In those days, kids were put on adult wards, according to the condition (Jimmy Saville would have loved it!). My parents must have really fought the conditions to come and visit me...I remember my Dad lifting me up to window level in those old hospitals to show me the snow, he knew I loved snow, and I literally couldn't believe it. So I missed playing out in it, but at least we still did get proper winters in the first half of the 1980s...it really saddens me to see the 'winters' of today, just damp and mild. Perhaps people of my age are the last generation to remember and experience what I would call 'proper' winters...my favourite season.

@juliogeordio7358 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic

@Jack_Warner 8 месяцев назад

I can remember on the evening of New Years Eve 1978. We had a very heavy snowfall in Essex. I still have the local Evening Echo newspaper about it. The headline was "Five Dead In Ice Age Essex".

@TheRealColt 8 месяцев назад

thankyou Colin for these videos :) showed my mam and it brought back memories she says it was lovely to see back then

@eugenegilleno9344 8 месяцев назад

I remeber it well - the heating broke down for three days where I worked, but we just kept on working, but wrapped ourselves up. Non of this ‘too cold to work’ excuses not to, we just got on with it.

@pamt7740 8 месяцев назад

I remember both. They would scream climate change today. The 62/63 one was when we had a burst pipe and flooded the downstairs out and I had to run all over to find a plumber at 5am in the morning. The second one in 78/79 we were on camp in Essex and the squaddies had to dig out the RSM's car just outside camp. The kids had a ball all winter!! Happy memories!

@hungryboy424 8 месяцев назад

Remember the 4 hours taken to get home work !! Great video.

@lindathomas5500 5 месяцев назад

I was ten.. remember it well, going down the hill outside of my home on mums metal tea tray as the cheap sledge substitute lol… 😂 they were the days! Wool gloves soaked right through, having to put your frozen hands under the tap to warm them back up, stinging like hell before finding dad’s gloves to go back out again!! 😆😂 those were the days! Now, 56 this year, and I wonder were did that time go.

@stevegregory2867 8 месяцев назад

I like you was 19 in 79,don't remember much snow in the cheshire town I lived in.But in the 60s we lived on the edge of the pennines and my sister and I used to go sledging with our dad had great fun going up&down the farmers field.

@GrahamGroovyUK 6 месяцев назад

I remember going to school in the transport box on the back of my parents tractor. Regardless of the amount of snow, school was open right through. Imagine that happening now?

@francismewton3276 8 месяцев назад

I remember it well ,no busses I walked 5miles to work then walk home at night no problem,not like the ones today o an inch of snow can't go work !

@limedickandrew6016 8 месяцев назад

As this winter was right in the middle of my army training, I remember it VERY well.

@stop4tea 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting video thanks, I was working on a farm in Lancashire at this time, just getting to work was hard going. Defrosting the water and getting food to the cows took all day, often the water freezing several times a day. Amazingly the milk wagon got through but he had exhausting days getting stuck and getting going again, there was a good spirit ìn the countryside to help each other out.

@richardknowles4200 8 месяцев назад

Great video - brings back vivid memories of that winter. We were living in Macclesfield and having to drive to new jobs on a daily basis to the other side of Rotherham across the Pennines - lots of hair raising incidents in all the ice and snow not helped at one point with the drivers of the grit lorries going on strike in Sheffield.

@neddyseagoon9601 8 месяцев назад

Believe it or not, I had to ride my motory cycle about 60 miles, one Sunday across the Midlands in that snow to return, on time, for a residential training course. Thankfully, my 2nd bike was a rarity with 6 inch wide tyres designed for sand. The only car I saw on the main roads was broken down and I almost rode over it thinking it was a drift at the edge of a roundabout. Crazy what you'll do when you're 18.

@colibarsbisuit8779 8 месяцев назад

60 miles ! wow i did seven miles snow only about two or three foot deep , second gear all the way , my yamaha dt125 did have knobbly tires so made it a bit more easy , did it to see my girl friend , she was worth it though 😁

@neddyseagoon9601 8 месяцев назад

@@colibarsbisuit8779 Google 1975 Suzuki RV 125... You'll see why, apart from the cold, why it was do-able...