On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:29:55 -0000, Peter J Richardson <pjrich.ntl@googlemail.com> wrote: > I would imagine it would be the former. December 1981 was my first month > at work, and also happened to be only time I recall my home village > being "cut off". Peter, thank you for pinning down the date as December 1981 when snowy weather brought chaos to Bristol and the West. Working on that, I've just found an interesting article in the Evening Post about The Week that Was - December 1981: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/City-freezes-temperatures-plummet/article-529754-detail/article.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 3:46 PM Subject: [B&S] Frozen Britain in the early 1960s and early 1980s > December 1981 to January 1982 or > December 1982 to January 1983. Perhaps one of our listers knows. I would imagine it would be the former. December 1981 was my first month at work, and also happened to be only time I recall my home village being "cut off". Regards Peter

Messed up the first try. Hopefully this will be okay. I want to wish all my fellow genealogy researchers a very Happy Christmas from a very wet down under Australia. Regards Debby (Hampton Melbourne VIC)

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

Hi Keith May I return the sentiments and also wish you and yours Health, Wealth and Happiness in the coming year. Regards Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "keith cranney" <kc54497@googlemail.com> To: "bristol_and_somerset-l" <Bristol_and_Somerset-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 2:10 AM Subject: [B&S] Christmas Greetings to all on B&S website. >I would like to Wish all on the B&S website A Very Happy Christmas and > > Best Wishes for New Year 2011 > > Many Thanks for all your very kind offers of help throughout the year > which > are greatly appreciated. > > * Please click on the following link to open your Christmas e.card.* * > * > > If your e-mail program has not displayed the following link as a web link, > then please copy and paste it into the your browser bar to open. > > http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2529801245036&source=jl999 > > Kind Regards > > Keith > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:19:43 -0000, Jean Wood <jeangrahame@orange.fr> wrote: > In 1962 I had just completed my second year at Traing College In Bucks, > butwe lived in rural Hampshire. My parents had arranged for me to > babysitwith some friends of theirs on Salisbury plain. Dad took me > there, probablyon his motor bike, on Christmas Day but I was trapped on > Boxing Day andstayed an extra day or two or ten ... 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! Oh, what a pity, Jean! The countryside would have looked fantastic under a blanket of snow back then. I've only been in a helicopter once, but it was one of the highlights of my life, and it would probably have been one of yours had you made that trip before the thaw. A Christmas highlight for me, nowadays, is going up into the little towns and villages of the Cotswolds, but, sadly, there has been little of that this December because of the snow. A highlight of the 1963 winter was walking with my school friends and P.E. mistress in the Cotswold lanes around my school in Chipping Sodbury, instead of having games lessons. I remember that the snow was piled up high in the hedges at the sides of the lanes. That winter another highlight was that girls were allowed to wear thick black stockings to school because of the cold. How the memories flow once we get started:-) -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

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 -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

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

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:43:46 -0000, Chris Jefferies <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > With a little practice you can "Walk" the length of the street turning to > look at the houses on either side and zooming in to read house numbers or > names. Hi Chris, Following your link for Picton Street, I took my first 'walk'. I can see what you mean about 'with a little practice' because the little man wouldn't do what I wanted at first. Now I have the hang of it. I've had a look at Downend, including your grandparents' house in Salisbury Gardens, Downend, South Gloucestershire. I can see that looking at places in this way could get quite addictive. Already it's lunchtime and I haven't done anything today, except look at my computer:-) Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Thanks Josephine, Just shows what a "good" memory I have! LOL, Edna - Ottawa

Hi, 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. (;-)) Edna - Ottawa

Use as a guide: http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ (;-)) Edna - Ottawa

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:10:05 -0000, keith cranney <kc54497@googlemail.com> wrote: > I would like to Wish all on the B&S website A Very Happy Christmas and > Best Wishes for New Year 2011 Thank you for your good wishes, Keith, and also for the lovely card. The carol 'In the bleak winter' and the snowy scenery of the card are both very apt for those of us in Frozen Britain at the moment. Your card also brought back memories of Christmases past for me. I will be revisiting your card in the coming days and enjoying it all over again. All the best, to you and your family for the festive season. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Before moving the little man, wait 'til the program "heats up". You can move sideways, turn and walk back the other way, zoom in and out. I have noticed some old streets where the houses still remain and then a lot of more modern buildings. Probably this is due to the bombing. Lovely to travel down those country lanes as well. Edna - Ottawa

I would like to Wish all on the B&S website A Very Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for New Year 2011 Many Thanks for all your very kind offers of help throughout the year which are greatly appreciated. * Please click on the following link to open your Christmas e.card.* * * If your e-mail program has not displayed the following link as a web link, then please copy and paste it into the your browser bar to open. http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2529801245036&source=jl999 Kind Regards Keith

Great link, Edna, for the 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment. Having researched a ancestor who served in the British Army, I thought I should mention that regiments enlisted far and wide so it's never safe to assume someone served in his 'local' regiment or that the North Gloucestershire regiment would be entirely made up of young men from that area. Colonels would lead recruiting parties who marched through various towns and villages all over Britain signing up young men wherever they went. My George Joseph SHEPPARD, a born and bred Bristol lad, joined the 99th [Larnarkshire] Regiment who must have been recruiting in the Bristol area in 1846. Jenny W [Brisbane]

Thanks Keith, All the best to you and yours. (;-)) Edna - Ottawa Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "keith cranney" <kc54497@googlemail.com> To: "bristol_and_somerset-l" <Bristol_and_Somerset-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 9:10 PM Subject: [B&S] Christmas Greetings to all on B&S website. I would like to Wish all on the B&S website A Very Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for New Year 2011 Many Thanks for all your very kind offers of help throughout the year which are greatly appreciated. * Please click on the following link to open your Christmas e.card.* * * If your e-mail program has not displayed the following link as a web link, then please copy and paste it into the your browser bar to open. http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2529801245036&source=jl999 Kind Regards Keith

(Resend with correct "<" first character to maintain the full link" Here is picture of Picton St from junction with Ashley Rd on Google Streetview probably taken 2009:- <http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Picton+Street ,+Bristol&sll=49.181703,3.383789&sspn=21.179227,27.46582&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=P icton+St,+Bristol,+Avon+BS6,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.464382,-2.589126&spn=0,0.0 13411&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.464351,-2.589245&panoid=xLv0V4NDOAfK9n_O_2iA1g&cb p=12,349.29,,0,8.02> With a little practice you can "Walk" the length of the street turning to look at the houses on either side and zooming in to read house numbers or names. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 19 December 2010 14:48 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Picton Street, Bristol Today, I had an off-list message about the parish in which Picton Street, Bristol was situated. My reply was that some of Picton Street was in the parish of St. Barnabas and some in the parish of St. Andrew, Montpelier, in 1911, though I don't know what the situation would have been earlier. In 1911, the odd numbers of Picton Street 1-39 were in the parish of St. Barnabas, while the even numbers 2-58 and the odd numbers 41-49 were in the parish of St. Andrew. Montpelier. A web page for St. Andrew's Church, Montpelier is here: http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/montpel.htm Picton Street is at the top of 1F and 1 G on the following Bristol map of 1910: http://contueor.com/baedeker/great_britain/bristol.htm -- 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

There's a BBC Four television programme Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter on Thursday 23rd. December 2010 at 00.20 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sfshw -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:30:47 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > I have looked at most of the former residences of my family. > Some places look rather sad looking but many others do look rather > nice. I looked up 6 Trinity St Bristol and was rather disappointed. > The dilapitated garage is still there but a awful modern block of flats > is there right now. > Give it a try. Well, Edna, I've taken your advice and given it a try. This is the first time I have been into Google maps, on my own, and I am amazed that it was so easy. The reason why I haven't done it before is that I can't do it on my ancient computer. I can see that you could spend a lot of time looking at the former and present homes of family and friends. I have been doing that since your message arrived. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com