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Les Hemmings writes:
Maunder minimum & Little Ice Age spring to mind! Was kinda hoping, what with
the very quet sun and all, that when the cold spell we just had hit that
we'd be having ice fairs on the Thames again!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20...Comparison.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunspot_Numbers.png

Les



No chance of frost fairs on the Thames in London, I'm afraid. The
demolition of the old London Bridge, which had very narrow arches which
obstructed the flow, and the embankment of the river have done for them.
1962-3, the third coldest winter in the CET record, showed that it's
pretty much out of the question.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)