John Hall wrote:

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Graham P Davis writes:
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At least with the 62-3 winter it stayed freezing most of the time and so
wasn't so slippy as it is these days with all the thawing and refreezing.

Also the council were much better then at gritting or salting roads and
pavements. Most shops and householders also cleared away snow from the
pavement outside their premises.

In the 50s and 60s, I don't recall pavements ever being salted and cleared
by councils. I found the salting of snow-covered pavements in sub-zero
temperatures in recent decades to be more of a hindrance than a help as it
made nice crunchy hard-packed snow into dangerously slippery icy slush.

The amount of salt used in the 50s was less than nowadays and meant roads
could stay ice-covered although they'd been gritted. In the 55-6 winter,
council workmen had to remove ice from roads using pickaxes.

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