I do not envy you that Peggy, any more than you would relish our record 4 consecutive days above 40°, the highest being 45°. The air-con managed (just) to...
From Derek Horsey ... re. our teenage jobs after school and on weekends! Deliveries to Kenway and Norman Close. I believe Harry was the name of the milkman,...
I am envious Peggy: our annual gas bill is double yours, and recently we've been running up about £50 per week. This is to combat temperatures no-where near...
Ken: Is it humid as well? My daughter lived in Bermuda for 8 years, (came back here in 2004) - we visited her about 4-5 times a year, and when it was very hot...
Hi Everyone When watching Only Fools & Horses on Sky I was reminded that I saw their Robin Reliant on display in Romford at the Golden Lion junction...
Hi again We have plentyy of the 'white stuff' falling in London and I hear you have plenty in Romford. Just holding my breath as to what will happen in the ...
Derek. Did your Milk Man work out from the UD milk depot on London Road accross from the Crown, (was there any other depot) and was his cart one of the ones...
Normal chaos. London almost ‘shut’. No buses, lots of Tube delays. My train service (South Eastern) not running at all into and out of London. I tried to...
I made it into Liverpool St from Romford, bit worried about getting home if we get a lot more snow this afternoon as predicted. My daughter's school is closed,...
Same here. No buses, so I walked to the college. Only to find it was closed, so I am working from home. It does look very pretty! I have been out with the...
Rita: Hello! We had about 12-15" of snow one day last week, the piles of snow now, by the sides of the road in many places are at about six feet high, and...
Rita: It is me again - did not mean to make light of the UK snow - as I know folks there are not prepared ... we did have a "snow" day for our schoolchildren...
I do wish people would stop referring to problems about snow in the UK, when they really mean England! The snow currently laying in southern England is...
To pick up some points from recent posts re International weather Hot Summer in New Zealand at 30 Bernie ? Last week Adelaide reached 45.7 - we've had the...
Hello Rita: Just outside of Toronto, about 23km, in Oakville, Ontario ... 1.5 hours drive from Niagara Falls, and the USA border. Where did you originally...
Mike: My UD base was Collier Row, just off the hill down towards the White Hart. Horses were also stabled there, before they changed to the electric bus....
Hi listers, For those of you who live on distant shores, I have added a folder in the photos section entitled 'winter 2009'. The photos were taken an hour ago...
Terry's mention of Coal Merchants reminded me of whenever we had a delivery, my Mother would watch over it like a hawk: religiously counting the number of...
Hi Eric, Some of the winters I remember were much worse than we now experience. I can recall where the coal in the bunker had got wet and it was like digging...
Hello Andy: Remember sitting as close to the fire as you possibly could (chilblains!) In the early a.m. my Dad would light the paraffin stove (portable) in...
Hi! Terry: YES! our kids love the snow on the whole. (Especially if it means a day off school!) They certainly build snowmen, throw snowballs, toboggan...
Eric: Great reading Eric, keep up the good work, certainly brought me down to earth wiht a bang, and a grim reminder of my youth in the UK! Peggy ... From:...
When I was about 9 or 10 I remember icicles' forming on the INSIDE of my bedroom window during the winter. My mum gave us Bols gin bottles (brown stone) as...
Dear all, I have been sent the following details of a book which might be of interest. The book is based on the wartime diary of Mary Hoodless of Upminster...
