In message , Lawrence Jenkins
writes
Good evocative stuff John, childish as it may seem it would be fantastic, if
just once again in our life times we could observe such conditions.
Thank goodness for people like Thomas Barker who let us glimpse so
wonderfully into the past. Blimey his account brought back deep vivid
memories of 63.







"John Hall" wrote in message
...
I've just found a splendid article on Thomas Barker, who kept a meticulous
weather record in his journal from 1736 to 1798:


http://www.lyndon-estate.co.uk/04%20...Figures/Thomas
Barker/Thomas%20Barker%20Abstract.htm
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde


I live close to our beloved Tom, and his records have been published.
Imagine the enthusiasm of those early days! An enthusiasm that
continues - but I feel the excitment - instead of just interpreting
numerical progs.
I think I have seen the best years of the Office 1960-1991.
Cheers
Paul
--
'Wisest are they that know they do not know.' Socrates.
Paul Bartlett FRMetS
www.rutnet.co.uk Go to local weather.
400FT AMSL 25Miles southwest of the Wash