In article ,
Nick G writes:
I think apart from that, there was a very heavy snowfall in January 1986, I
remember deep snow drifts blocking many roads in Worcestershire. Uncertain
to the actual depth of level snow but it must have been approaching 12".

Could it have been 1985 rather than 1986?
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