Winter of 1963

gdm27 · 30-05-2009, 23:17

I was talking to my wife today about Winters when we were kids. The best by far was 1963. I tell the lie that it started in November and snowed every day until the beginning of June!!!! Well it felt like that! I'm sure there are lots of you who remember it or have been told stories about it by your folks! I remember walking all around the top road before the gritter had got to it. Up Willows lane from Pendle St. all the way through Green Howarth, all the way round to Ossy, fantastic, the sky was crystal clear, no sound except us kids!!! Happy cold days!!

MargaretR · 30-05-2009, 23:31

Winter of 1962â€“1963 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I remember - had an outside loo and a steep backyard - hubby carrying chamberpot slipped and drenched himself

south aussie · 31-05-2009, 04:37

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Winter of 1962â€“1963 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I remember - had an outside loo and a steep backyard - hubby carrying chamberpot slipped and drenched himself

I don,t think Fresh Air Freddy would be OUT in that weather!

jaysay · 31-05-2009, 09:04

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I don,t think Fresh Air Freddy would be OUT in that weather!

Fresh Air Freddy the Phantom Flasher

quite a guy was our Freddy, he had the police on the hop alright, can remember two plain cloths police women walking the streets of Ossy trying to catch this chap, still can't remember if they ever did catch him or not

jaysay · 31-05-2009, 09:10

I remember the winter of 63, was my first when I left school, remember working on the new shops on Union Street Accy, my first job every morning was to make a fire so that all the lads could have a warm, it was real tatas that winter, defiantly 3 sweaters time

south aussie · 31-05-2009, 13:01

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Fresh Air Freddy the Phantom Flasher

quite a guy was our Freddy, he had the police on the hop alright, can remember two plain cloths police women walking the streets of Ossy trying to catch this chap, still can't remember if they ever did catch him or not

Rumour had it that he flashed an old dear,who remarked that,

IT LOOKED LIKE A PENIS, ONLY SMALLER.

Maybe he gave it away after that

joan walsh · 05-07-2009, 00:11

I remember the winter of 1963 very well. I was expecting my first child and while everybody else seemed to be freezing I was lovely and warm. We used to go on walks round the dunkenhalgh , me as big as a house and my hubby trying to stop me from falling. Lovely times

Tony Ireland · 05-07-2009, 05:16

1963 I was an apprentice plumber and I spent 3 months repairing lead pipes in those outside loo's was that a miss spent youth

The Blue Rose · 05-07-2009, 07:10

I remember that winter , tho not till February 64 when I returned from Cyprus. Out of the warm into the white world of the UK. After being away for 2 1/2 years in the sunshine, was a shock to my system and thought I would never be warm again !!My kids loved it despite being made to wear coats and boots , hats etc. Nothing like pelting dad and grand dad with snowballs for them !

West Ender · 05-07-2009, 20:40

In 1963 the 7.26 a.m. steam train from Accrington to Bury (then Manchester) came to a standstill just about every morning for 2 months. It was usually about Ramsbottom, nothing but banks of snow on either side of the track, like being in a white tunnel. It might be anything from 15 minutes to two hours and the carriages were never heated.

Not as bad as 1947 when there was a massive shortage of coal as well as the bad snow and there were regular power cuts. I was only 4, though, so I didn't have to catch trains then.

cashman · 22-11-2010, 20:39

was n apprentice butcher in 63, Slingers at Load Of Mischief, the late Harry Hawkins learnt me to play poker, along wi Bob Fletcher who is now a well known lakeland artist, was a pig of a winter, me n Darwendosser used to go to Chans Chippy every friday Teatime fer fish n chips fer all the butchers, who worked while 8-00, that was yer overtime.

so as well as freezing ya got sod all fer it.

Retlaw · 22-11-2010, 21:51

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was n apprentice butcher in 63, Slingers at Load Of Mischief, the late Harry Hawkins learnt me to play poker, along wi Bob Fletcher who is now a well known lakeland artist, was a pig of a winter, me n Darwendosser used to go to Chans Chippy every friday Teatime fer fish n chips fer all the butchers, who worked while 8-00, that was yer overtime.

so as well as freezing ya got sod all fer it.

I knew a Harry Hawkins, went to Woodnook Council School, was a butcher at Kemp & Murrays on the corner of Wellington St.

Retlaw.

cashman · 22-11-2010, 22:08

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I knew a Harry Hawkins, went to Woodnook Council School, was a butcher at Kemp & Murrays on the corner of Wellington St.

Retlaw.

If he was a rather large fellow, ginger hair wi a large alcohol intake, twas the same one, loved the geezer.

Retlaw · 22-11-2010, 22:47

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If he was a rather large fellow, ginger hair wi a large alcohol intake, twas the same one, loved the geezer.

Thats him.

Retlaw

jaysay · 23-11-2010, 10:22

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Originally Posted by cashman

was n apprentice butcher in 63, Slingers at Load Of Mischief, the late Harry Hawkins learnt me to play poker, along with Bob Fletcher who is now a well known lakeland artist, was a pig of a winter, me n Darwendosser used to go to Chans Chippy every friday Teatime fer fish n chips fer all the butchers, who worked while 8-00, that was yer overtime.

so as well as freezing ya got sod all fer it.

That was my first winter in the building trade was working on the new Shops on Union Street in Accy, the main contractors were Mullen and Durkin from Dingle Land and Townley's from Accy did all the joinery, was my task first thing to light the fire in an oil drum so it would be warm for brew time