On 15 Feb, 10:47, "Steve J" wrote:
On this day in 1979, the day's maximum temperature was -1.3Cin
Coventry; we had heavy snow with drifting in our region, and with
drifts 1 foot deep,

I had to walk into work to take the morning's weather readings at
Bablake as the city came to a halt, with schools and businesses closed
for a few days- now it only takes an inch of snow, if that!

Expecting 11C today!

Is anyone else sick and tired of these smug "We coped much better in
the old days, the country's gone soft" comments that seem to fill this
group?

An inch of snow does not "close schools and businesses for a few
days". Last week 3-4 inches of snow fell over the SE, which rarely
encounters it these days, and I did not see a single business closed.
Trains ran on time, schools were open, life carried on as normal. The
only "disruption" I encountered on my journey to work was a hail of
snowballs as I cycled past a group of schoolkids on their way to
school.

You can hardly hold the 1970s, decade of the three-day week and
constant power cuts, up as an example of how Britain "got on with it"
in the past.

Rob