On 12/11/04 8:09 am, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

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If it's any consolation, I thought you were right and am busy trying
to sort my memories out :-)
I have an excuse I was only 6 in January 1947. I do remember going to
school by tram and bus in Leeds right through that winter. I can't
believe anybody would let a 6 year old do the same by themselves
nowadays. There was also a very hot summer around the same time. Was
it in 1946 or 1947?

Over to Franz for a more mature recollection :-)

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My husband, who was born in March 1933, says that the winter of 1947 was the
truly hard winter, not 1946.
I was born in balmy Jersey in January '46, so can't help I'm afraid. ;-)
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