Here in South East Lincolnshire (just off the Wash coastline) a good,
strong North Eaterly around a Scandinavian High can bring some
exceptional falls of showery snow. 1977 or 1978 (can't remember which)
brough widespread, heavy snow showers to this area, cutting off large
towns such as Peterborough for several days. I was a young lad
enjoying walking to school in 15 inches of level snow and diving into
10 foot snow drifts - and no, the schools never closed for snow in
those days (until they eventually ran out of heating oil)!

Paul