Memorable Snowy Winters in Leeds

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:23 pm

Can anyone name the 2 worst winters?Mike & Bernie !!!!!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:49 pm

Leeds-lad wrote: Can anyone name the 2 worst winters?Mike & Bernie !!!!! It's said that when they appeared at the notorious Glasgow Empire, Mike came out and did a bit of patter and then Bernie appeared and some wag in the audience yelled "F*ck me there's two of em!"

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:53 pm

I remember 1963. It froze from Christmas until March. 1979 was a pretty bad and long winter. Frequent heavy snow, which would disipate only to return a week or so later. I remember it snowing the first week of May. I'd taken the week off to paint my house and it soddin' well snowed I also remember the traffic chaos that night in 1995 when the weather men got the timing of the snow wrong by 12 hours and Leeds was gridlocked. Took me 90 minutes to get from Wigan to Gildersome via M62 and a further three hours to get to Morley!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 24 Feb, 2009 11:35 pm

Trojan wrote: I remember 1963. It froze from Christmas until March. 1979 was a pretty bad and long winter. Frequent heavy snow, which would disipate only to return a week or so later. I remember it snowing the first week of May. I'd taken the week off to paint my house and it soddin' well snowed I also remember the traffic chaos that night in 1995 when the weather men got the timing of the snow wrong by 12 hours and Leeds was gridlocked. Took me 90 minutes to get from Wigan to Gildersome via M62 and a further three hours to get to Morley! I remember that too, I had to get to Harehills from Burley. I got the bus at the bottom of Cardigan Road, 2 hours later I got off at the Town Hall and walked the rest of the way.

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 10:55 am

Leeds-lad wrote: Can anyone name the 2 worst winters? In trying to pinpoint the snowy winters I remembered from the 50’s and 60s I found the snow records and comments on the following website most usefulhttp://www.napier.eclipse.co.uk/weather/bonacina.htmlWinters recorded as VERY SNOWY were 46/4762/6378/79There was a cluster of above average snowy winters in the mid 50s (Which are the ones I remember) :54/5555/5657/58And in the mid-late 60’s65/6668/6969/70

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 11:10 am

blackprince wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Can anyone name the 2 worst winters? In trying to pinpoint the snowy winters I remembered from the 50’s and 60s I found the snow records and comments on the following website most usefulhttp://www.napier.eclipse.co.uk/weather/bonacina.htmlWinters recorded as VERY SNOWY were 46/4762/6378/79There was a cluster of above average snowy winters in the mid 50s (Which are the ones I remember) :54/5555/5657/58And in the mid-late 60’s65/6668/6969/70 By the look of them patterns(thanks for the brilliant link by the way)we are due some heavy snow in the next few years than.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 12:01 pm

Brandy wrote: blackprince wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Can anyone name the 2 worst winters? In trying to pinpoint the snowy winters I remembered from the 50’s and 60s I found the snow records and comments on the following website most usefulhttp://www.napier.eclipse.co.uk/weather/bonacina.htmlWinters recorded as VERY SNOWY were 46/4762/6378/79There was a cluster of above average snowy winters in the mid 50s (Which are the ones I remember) :54/5555/5657/58And in the mid-late 60’s65/6668/6969/70 By the look of them patterns(thanks for the brilliant link by the way)we are due some heavy snow in the next few years than. Woo Hoo!! * Runs off to the shed to shine up the runners on the sledge*

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 12:22 pm

I might invest in some of them cheap plastic sledges and store them in the shed,wait for the snow and make a quick killing at the nearest hill lol

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 12:47 pm

Brandy wrote: I might invest in some of them cheap plastic sledges and store them in the shed,wait for the snow and make a quick killing at the nearest hill lol Get one of these, they're ace! Oldskool sledging. http://www.lovelylingfield.com/st_sledges.htm

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 1:04 pm

Chrism wrote: Brandy wrote: I might invest in some of them cheap plastic sledges and store them in the shed,wait for the snow and make a quick killing at the nearest hill lol Get one of these, they're ace! Oldskool sledging. http://www.lovelylingfield.com/st_sledges.htm My brother in law made a sledge for my two nephews following the instructions from a Blue Peter annual. He must have got confused with the measurements somewhere along the way as it ended up so big the two little lads couldn't move it let alone drag it to the top of a hill.It would have seated six in comfort! 20 odd years later whenever DIY is mentioned the "Blue peter sledge" rears it's head.1979 was a memorable snowy winter for me as I got married in Jan of that year and I'm barely visible on the photos in my white dress among huge snow drifts.