In message , Martin Rowley
writes


In 1963, we (secondary school) didn't miss a day either, but that was
only because all the toilets were indoors. At the primary school that I
had attended, it was shut for several days because after the Christmas
shut-down, all the toilets (mainly outside) were iced up!

Martin.

I spent that winter working at the Met Office at Prestwick Airport,
commuting 30 miles each way by motorbike from Largs. Despite the mayhem
further south, there was almost no snow at all during that winter in
central and north Ayrshire. What we did have was a lot of black ice on
the roads and they were not normally gritted. I had a few hairy trips to
and from work but I came off the bike only once.

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles
England