Just a few kind words to you all, wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas & a merry new year. With many thanks for all your kind help, with out you I would not have known my Ancestors. Keep up the good work. Regards, Steve Saunders

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:13:24 -0000, Priscilla Davis <prisda@verizon.net> wrote: > It's been a good year, found two marriages on Ancestry.com & LDS. WEBB, > WYATT and CRAY from Bedminster, and another in St Mary Newington, > Southwark Borough. > Finding one, keeps me looking for more!!. Would like to hear from > anyone researching these names. Hi Priscilla, If you look at the Members' Interests page on the Bristol & Avon Family History Society web site http://www.bafhs.org.uk/membership/membershipinterests.htm you will be able to make contact with people who are researching WEBB and WYATT in Bedminster. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:36:58 -0000, Roland Purnell <rnpurnell@yahoo.com> wrote: > Best holiday wishes to all of our friends and family history > correspondents in Frozen Britain. Hi Roland, Thanks for your holiday wishes. Hope your rainfall dwindles so that you have some dry days for the festive season. > As always, searching for CHANCELLOR ancestors in Somerset and PURNELL > around Mangotsfield. Are you researching the PUCKSTONE(PUXTON) ancestors of your 4x great-grandmother, Dinah PURNELL (nee PUCKSTONE), too? I've see the burial of a Hannah PUXTONE (sic), aged 93, on 8th. August 1800 at Mangotsfield, who could have been Dinah's mother.(Baptism of Dinah PUCKSTONE, daughter of William and Hannah, on 15th. January 1758 at Mangotsfield, which I expect you already have.) No age was given for William PUXTON who was buried on 19th. February 1783 at Mangotsfield. These burials are included in the Bristol Diocese Burial Registers Vol 3 Index & Transcripts 1754-1812, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:13:24 -0000, Priscilla Davis <prisda@verizon.net> wrote: > It's been a good year, found two marriages on Ancestry.com & LDS. WEBB, > WYATT and CRAY from Bedminster, and another in St Mary Newington, > Southwark Borough. > Finding one, keeps me looking for more!!. Would like to hear from > anyone researching these names. Hi Priscilla, Merry Christmas to you, too:-) If you go to the Archives Search Engine http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search and put in "Wyatt""Bedminster" or "Webb""Bedminster", you will find a number of matches. CRAY is a name that I would associate with Pill or Easton-in Gordano. If you let the list know the individual names of people, whom you are researching, you might obtain some more information on them. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Greetings from The Christmas City - Bethlehem PA USA. It's been a good year, found two marriages on Ancestry.com & LDS. WEBB, WYATT and CRAY from Bedminster, and another in St Mary Newington, Southwark Borough. Finding one, keeps me looking for more!!. Would like to hear from anyone researching these names. Happy New Year to all. Priscilla

Hi Roland Best Wishes to you there in California and I wish you a very Happy Christmas. Happy Ancestor Hunting for 2011 Kind Regards Keith ( In a very cold snowy Bristol ) On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Roland Purnell <rnpurnell@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best holiday wishes to all of our friends and family history correspondents > in Frozen Britain. Our TV and news tell us of your travails with snowed-in > Heathrow and Brit Rail, etc. We're having record rainfall here, but it does > not compare to your hardships. We've enjoyed the wonderful exchange of > messages and goodwill all year and look forward to keeping up the contact in > 2011. > > As always, searching for CHANCELLOR ancestors in Somerset and PURNELL > around Mangotsfield. > > Roland Purnell > Ventura, California > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The winter of 1946/47 was dreary, with shortages of everything including coal as the miners were on strike. When the snows melted, the River Trent broke its banks and flooded the town of Gainsborough. I was home on leave helping with the rescues from a DUKW, having been spared some of the harsh weather. The winter of 1940/41 must have been very cold. I can remember sliding across a frozen River Trent, something that has never happened since. Growing up in the thirties helped to give us a different perspective on life. Paddy Buckley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Cuff" <bgmjcuff@yahoo.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] Memories of 1947 - A Winters Hell (was Snowy weather,early 1980s, 1962-3 and 1947) You and I have similar memories Patricia though being a little older than you I can recall 1947 well. I was at school at Cheddar Grove on Bedminster Down and we made news in the Bristol Evening Post that winter. Our teacher, a Mrs Richards who was close on retiring age, was the only member of staff who turned up on one particularly bad morning having walked from the far flung reaches of Knowle to make sure there was someone in the school to receive any children who turned up - devotion to duty! For me the winter of 1962/63 was quite a nightmare experience as I, like you, was a new Mum, just moved to Gloucester so I had no network of family or friends but was on my own with this tiny baby, husband working away and unable to get home, pipes frozen and no such luxury as central heating, a telephone or TV. My lifeline was a little battery powered transistor radio which I used to listen to each evening just to keep up to date with the countrywide situation. I can remember hearing reports of food being dropped by helicopter to remote communities, especially powdered baby milk supplies. I suppose that particularly sticks in my mind because running out of milk for my baby was my biggest worry. It seemed that winter would never end and the joy of spring was really special that year. With those memories still very vivid I count my blessings and find the present conditions easily bearable with all the modern conveniences to cushion us againgst the worst weather though of course I feel sorry for the very old and vulnerable who are suffering and the homeless who have only a doorway for shelter at night. Happy Christmas to all listers, I may be a lurker but I am grateful to you all for the help and information I pick up from your postings. Janet

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:35:15 -0000, Maggie Perkins <maggieperkins@puddingstone.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > With extra special greetings to the B&S Listers I have met in person at > our Clutton Bunfights. Remember when we all, on and off the list, > raised out glasses together at 1pm on those special days! Hi Maggie, Christmas Greetings to you, too, my good friend:-) I certainly remember those special days at Clutton and the good company we enjoyed, over the years, with friends who had come from near and far. Seeing your message, I thought of Hugh Watkins and spent some time looking through the archives of his blog: http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ and his Photographs and Walks http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

I've had an off-list message about a house called Elliston Lodge in Bristol. As I have a resource, which pinpoints some of the individually named houses in Bristol, I was able to find that Elliston Lodge was in Elliston Road, Redland in 1882. In 1882, most of the houses in Elliston Road weren't numbered, but had individual names including Ahern House, Merton Villa, Oldcleve Villa, Newlands, Melrose Vill, Eddystone, Roseville, Sidney Lodge, Brockley Villa, Myrtle Lodge, Carr Villa, The Grove, Ivythorne Villa, The Glen, Leecroft, Huntley Villa, Stockwell House, Wynn House, Gordon House, Trinmore Lodge and Park Cottage. Elliston Lodge was between No. 4 Bangor Lodge and the unnumbered Ahern House. Kelly's Bristol Directories of 1923 and 1935 have entries in Elliston Road for one member of the family being researched, but there is no mention of Elliston Lodge or the other named houses. Elliston Road is still in existence so can be found on Google maps. I see that there is a 1902 copy of an Old Ordnance Survey Map of Redland available from Alan Godfrey Maps. Information about the 1902 Redland map is on the following web page. http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/gloucs7112.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Loved reading your email Jean, my gg grandfather came from Clifton in Bristol I often wonder what there Xmas was like. They immigrated to Tasmania Aus. So was probably not much different to now, as I know what snow is all about, even though I haven't seen any for many years. Dawn (Sunny hot about to be wet Xmas Qld Aus.) -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jean Wood Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 2:20 AM To: B & S rootsweb Subject: Re: [B&S] Frozen Britain in the early 1960s and early 1980s I am sure I remarked on this last year. In 1962 I had just completed my second year at Traing College In Bucks, but we lived in rural Hampshire. My parents had arranged for me to babysit with some friends of theirs on Salisbury plain. Dad took me there, probably on his motor bike, on Christmas Day but I was trapped on Boxing Day and stayed an extra day or two or ten. I was not bothered at first, because, unlike us, John and Eunice had TV and I watched with fascination as food parcels were dropped over the West Country, especially in Devon. Once into January, it was more worrying as important work was due to start back at college. John wored for Westlands, and it was decided that if the weather did not ease off, he would arrange for me to go to college in a helicopter. To my eternal sorrow, it thawed just enough for me to be got out! End of dramatic dream. That year it was late March before the cold spell lifted and the ground even then was like stone. My mother had horses and grew vegetables. This weather delayed everything that year. We lived in a hollow, 1/2 a mile from the main road down a chalk track and bad weather often trapped us. Another year, I do not remember which, my father spent his birthday digging away the snow to restore access - his birthday - 1st April. My daughter, birthday also 1st April was born as the snow fell in front of the window as I laboured away - inside! - in 1970. Later I lived in the northwest, in Wigan. And I remember learning that in 1947 funerals were put on hold. I am not sure exactly how or where they stored the bodies, but several bodies were brought out of their houses by first floor windows as they could not open front doors blocked by snow, and burials were delayed some weeks. Jean > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:46:14 +0000 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > Subject: [B&S] Frozen Britain in the early 1960s and early 1980s > > I have been talking with Edna about the two big freeze-ups in the U.K. of > the last 50 years besides the one we are experiencing, now. I was in > Bristol on both of these occasions. The first occasion, I remember very > well as the snow started on the Boxing Day of 1962. My Dad drilled a hole > through the living room wall for the television aerial so that I could > watch the film 'Frenchman's Creek', in the next room, as there was going > to be a party that night in the living room. Understandably, the guests > didn't turn up for the party so my parents joined me in watching the film. > I am less sure of the second occasion. I know that it was in the early > 1980s, but can't be sure if it was December 1981 to January 1982 or > December 1982 to January 1983. Perhaps one of our listers knows. > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Best holiday wishes to all of our friends and family history correspondents in Frozen Britain.  Our TV and news tell us of your travails with snowed-in Heathrow and Brit Rail, etc.  We're having record rainfall here, but it does not compare to your hardships.  We've enjoyed the wonderful exchange of messages and goodwill all year and look forward to keeping up the contact in 2011.    As always, searching for CHANCELLOR ancestors in Somerset and PURNELL around Mangotsfield.   Roland Purnell Ventura, California

I would like to join in the Christmas Greeting messages. May I wish you all, a very happy Christmas and a healthy, prosperous 2010. With extra special greetings to the B&S Listers I have met in person at our Clutton Bunfights. Remember when we all, on and off the list, raised out glasses together at 1pm on those special days! One day I will tot up the 'Attending Lists' for each year and see just how many of us from the UK and abroad were able to actually meet in the flesh! Maggie.

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:25:26 -0000, Adrian Olsen <adrian1@waitrose.com> wrote: > The snowy weather reminds me of that wonderful poem Winter from the end > of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Keeling the pot is apparently > adding > cold water to stop a pot boiling over and, for those under a certain > age, a pail is a bucket. Hi Adrian and Listers, This is one of my favourite Winter poems, remembered from my school days. > When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, There's a web page about Shakespeare's Roasted Crabs: http://www.christmasarchives.org/crabs.html Some may be surprised to find that the crabs were apples. The Wassail Bowl is also mentioned on this interesting page from a web site called The Christmas Archives. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

The snowy weather reminds me of that wonderful poem Winter from the end of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Keeling the pot is apparently adding cold water to stop a pot boiling over and, for those under a certain age, a pail is a bucket. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring-owl, Tu-who; Tu-whit, tu-who--a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-who; Tu-whit, tu-who--a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Adrian O Beckenham, Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Kemp" <kk999@bigpond.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] Frozen Britain in the early 1960s and early 1980s > Loved reading your email Jean, my gg grandfather came from Clifton in > Bristol I often wonder what there Xmas was like. > They immigrated to Tasmania Aus. So was probably not much different to > now, > as I know what snow is all about, even though I haven't seen any for many > years. > > Dawn (Sunny hot about to be wet Xmas Qld Aus.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jean Wood > Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 2:20 AM > To: B & S rootsweb > Subject: Re: [B&S] Frozen Britain in the early 1960s and early 1980s > > > I am sure I remarked on this last year. In 1962 I had just completed my > second year at Traing College In Bucks, but we lived in rural Hampshire. > My > parents had arranged for me to babysit with some friends of theirs on > Salisbury plain. Dad took me there, probably on his motor bike, on > Christmas > Day but I was trapped on Boxing Day and stayed an extra day or two or ten. > > I was not bothered at first, because, unlike us, John and Eunice had TV > and > I watched with fascination as food parcels were dropped over the West > Country, especially in Devon. Once into January, it was more worrying as > important work was due to start back at college. John wored for Westlands, > and it was decided that if the weather did not ease off, he would arrange > for me to go to college in a helicopter. > > To my eternal sorrow, it thawed just enough for me to be got out! End of > dramatic dream. That year it was late March before the cold spell lifted > and > the ground even then was like stone. My mother had horses and grew > vegetables. This weather delayed everything that year. > > We lived in a hollow, 1/2 a mile from the main road down a chalk track and > bad weather often trapped us. Another year, I do not remember which, my > father spent his birthday digging away the snow to restore access - his > birthday - 1st April. My daughter, birthday also 1st April was born as the > snow fell in front of the window as I laboured away - inside! - in 1970. > > Later I lived in the northwest, in Wigan. And I remember learning that in > 1947 funerals were put on hold. I am not sure exactly how or where they > stored the bodies, but several bodies were brought out of their houses by > first floor windows as they could not open front doors blocked by snow, > and > burials were delayed some weeks. > > > > Jean > > >> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:46:14 +0000 >> To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com >> From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com >> Subject: [B&S] Frozen Britain in the early 1960s and early 1980s >> >> I have been talking with Edna about the two big freeze-ups in the U.K. of >> the last 50 years besides the one we are experiencing, now. I was in >> Bristol on both of these occasions. The first occasion, I remember very >> well as the snow started on the Boxing Day of 1962. My Dad drilled a hole >> through the living room wall for the television aerial so that I could >> watch the film 'Frenchman's Creek', in the next room, as there was going >> to be a party that night in the living room. Understandably, the guests >> didn't turn up for the party so my parents joined me in watching the >> film. > >> I am less sure of the second occasion. I know that it was in the early >> 1980s, but can't be sure if it was December 1981 to January 1982 or >> December 1982 to January 1983. Perhaps one of our listers knows. >> >> -- >> Josephine Jeremiah >> www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You and I have similar memories Patricia though being a little older than you I can recall 1947 well.  I was at school at Cheddar Grove on Bedminster Down and we made news in the Bristol Evening Post that winter. Our teacher, a Mrs Richards who was close on retiring age, was the only member of staff who turned up on one particularly bad morning having walked from the far flung reaches of Knowle to make sure there was someone in the school to receive any children who turned up - devotion to duty! For me the winter of 1962/63 was quite a nightmare experience as I, like you, was a new Mum, just moved to Gloucester so I had no network of family or friends but was on my own with this tiny baby, husband working away and unable to get home, pipes frozen and no such luxury as central heating, a telephone or TV. My lifeline was a little battery powered transistor radio which I used to listen to each evening just to keep up to date with the countrywide situation. I can remember hearing reports of food being dropped by helicopter to remote communities, especially powdered baby milk supplies.  I suppose that particularly sticks in my mind because running out of milk for my baby was my biggest worry.  It seemed that winter would never end and the joy of spring was really special that year.  With those memories still very vivid  I count my blessings and find the present conditions easily bearable with all the modern conveniences to cushion us againgst the worst weather though of course I feel sorry for the very old and vulnerable who are suffering and the homeless who have only a doorway for shelter at night.  Happy Christmas to all listers, I may be a lurker but I am grateful to you all for the help and information I pick up from your postings. Janet    ----- Original Message ---- From: Patricia A <smadap@rogers.com> To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 21 December, 2010 5:15:16 Subject: Re: [B&S] Memories of 1947 - A Winters Hell (was Snowy weather, early 1980s, 1962-3 and 1947) First of all, I would also like to add my good wishes to all on the list for a very Happy Christmas and the hope that the New Year will bring you peace and happiness. As for the cold winters of 1947 & 1962, I shall remember them always.  Maybe not so much of 1947 as I was 5 years old, but the memories of my lovely Dad taking me tobogganing on the Novers always makes me smile.  He had fashioned a sled from left over bits of wood and used the metal strips for the old orange boxes (remember those?) to make the runners.  What wasn't so nice was the cold, damp feet from the "wellies" even though there were two pairs of my Nan's knitted socks on my feet.  The agony when Mum was trying to warm me up when we got home.  1962 was when I was a new Mum in Bridgwater and trying to get around with a baby in a pram.  It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off quickly! Best wishes and keep warm! Patricia A, Almonte, ON, Canada - where it looks doubtful if we will have what is truly a White Christmas, meaning that it has to snow on Christmas Day! ________________________________ From: Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 11:04:33 AM Subject: [B&S] Memories of 1947 - A Winters Hell (was Snowy weather, early 1980s, 1962-3 and 1947) On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:48:02 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > I do remember 1947 as we were still in Liverpool.  What fun we had > especially making those slippery slides.  Don't think it lasted too long > though. Hi Edna and Listers, The snowy weather in 1947 lasted from the end of January to the middle of March. There is some interesting information about the situation in the Bristol area on a page entitled Memories of 1947 - A Winters Hell: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/3538507778/ Josephine -- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greetings from Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Wishing all a very happy Christmas and successful hunting with your family tree pursuits. Ron Johnson interested in the KINGSTON's of Cameley and Chew Magna.

Christmas Greetings from Australia . Hi! Everyone Just wishing that all the members of this list have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hunting in 2011. Even though you will be having more than a white Christmas, we, here is Australia, are having just the opposite- with floods all along the eastern side of country and the Weather Bureau are predicting a very wet Christmas. Here, in Brisbane, the past two days have been lovely and sunny --- but more rain to come from Wednesday on. Mother Nature sure has a way to get even with us. Regards. Patricia Smith.

A very Happy Christmas to you and those you love. May the New Year bring Health and Happiness to you all. Nova in Mandurah, Western Australia, where the forecast for the 25th is 32 deg

On 21 Dec 2010 at 8:17, Pat Smith wrote: > Christmas Greetings from Australia . > > Hi! Everyone > > Just wishing that all the members of this list have a very Merry > Christmas and a Happy Hunting in 2011. Even though you will be having > more than a white Christmas, we, here is Australia, are having just > the opposite- with floods all along the eastern side of country and > the Weather Bureau are predicting a very wet Christmas. Here, in > Brisbane, the past two days have been lovely and sunny --- but more > rain to come from Wednesday on. Mother Nature sure has a way to get > even with us. > Well, perhaps the floods will wash out the final two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney, which will mean England retain the Ashes as the existing holders as the current score is one-all ! Seriously, though, I think we'd all hate to see what has suddenly become a compelling series end in such a manner. After Brisbane and Adelaide, I feared Australia couldn't suddenly have become such an awful team as they seemed to be and Perth has proved me right. Well done to the Aussies for a superb fightback with a side that was being written off by their own media as a bunch of has-beens and rookies. Now, bring on the deciders! Oh yes, and a jolly merry Christmas to both teams and all our friends and cousins over there as well. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

First of all, I would also like to add my good wishes to all on the list for a very Happy Christmas and the hope that the New Year will bring you peace and happiness. As for the cold winters of 1947 & 1962, I shall remember them always. Maybe not so much of 1947 as I was 5 years old, but the memories of my lovely Dad taking me tobogganing on the Novers always makes me smile. He had fashioned a sled from left over bits of wood and used the metal strips for the old orange boxes (remember those?) to make the runners. What wasn't so nice was the cold, damp feet from the "wellies" even though there were two pairs of my Nan's knitted socks on my feet. The agony when Mum was trying to warm me up when we got home. 1962 was when I was a new Mum in Bridgwater and trying to get around with a baby in a pram. It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off quickly! Best wishes and keep warm! Patricia A, Almonte, ON, Canada - where it looks doubtful if we will have what is truly a White Christmas, meaning that it has to snow on Christmas Day! ________________________________ From: Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 11:04:33 AM Subject: [B&S] Memories of 1947 - A Winters Hell (was Snowy weather, early 1980s, 1962-3 and 1947) On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:48:02 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > I do remember 1947 as we were still in Liverpool. What fun we had > especially making those slippery slides. Don't think it lasted too long > though. Hi Edna and Listers, The snowy weather in 1947 lasted from the end of January to the middle of March. There is some interesting information about the situation in the Bristol area on a page entitled Memories of 1947 - A Winters Hell: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/3538507778/ Josephine --