On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:28:52 -0000, "Col"
wrote:


Can you imagine that now, children being allowed to walk
to school across a frozen lake?

In around 1960 we were playing on the ice and the police drove their
Land Rover out towards us to get us to safety. The ice could support a
car but it made some interesting noises.

It was such fun. We kids had no sense of danger.

Steve