On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:45:52 +0000 (UTC), Mike wrote in


http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/w.../freeze63.html

It's a fascinating read.

A very fascinating read indeed :-))

'twas me who posted the article. At the age of 3 in 1939 I moved to Kingston
on Thames near to Ham Common. Believe it or not I can remember the move :-))
However it was the business of being pushed across the Thames in my push
chair in the vacinity of the Sea Scout Hut between the 'Half Mile Tree' and
Turks Boat House which has played on my mind for yonks. Did it happen? Have
I been recalling a dream? Yes I am certain to the first question, and no to
the second. Any more clues anybody? The 1940's winter, not the 62/63 which I
also remember, though I was in Leicester at the time.

Mike

I answered you in another ng, but hopefully one of our resident climate
historians can answer your question about the Thames freezing over in
January 1940. I gave you the 17th (or just after) as a possible date.


Does anyone have any material that suggests the Thames was so frozen it
would allow people to walk on it during that month.

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