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Old December 3rd 08, 02:25 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Graham P Davis Graham P Davis is offline
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Martin Rowley wrote:

" LONDON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Early snow blanketed much of Britain
Tuesday, closing schools in northwest England and southeast Scotland
and turning roads icy.


Schools closed? I was talking to a neighbour a few days who was at school in
Wales during the '47 winter. Snow was up to the first-floor windows but
no-one missed a day at school.

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy