"Barb" wrote in message
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I remember "when I wuz a girl" (.... being 40 yrs ago...!!!)

Spring chicken then :-)

we were often into quite hard frosts on Bonfire Night, certainly many
mornings. It was "into the liberty bodice" for the next 4 months or so!
(God, does anyone else remember those things???)

Indeed I do. And I remember winter mornings so cold that my little fingers
couldn't fasten the rubber buttons. Why were there so many? And why were
they called *liberty* bodices when they were so binding? But we had one
small coal fire in the two bedroomed scullery back to back house, no central
heating, electric blankets or even a carpet on the floor. The fire was only
lit when it was really cold and in the winter of '47 my father walked with
the pram to get slack from the spoil heaps at the nearest pit, which was
about six miles away.

I've definitely noticed a considerable difference in the winter weather.

Well..... they did promise us very wet summers and warm winters!

It's not good, is it! I'm sure that luxuries such as central heating has an
effect in keeping at least the cities warmer. I've noticed that our
daughter's fam in deepest Wales isn't anything like as warm as it is here in
inner city Leeds. We haven't had a frost since January.

Mary