tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post4544187114186653357..comments2023-10-30T11:26:24.659+00:00Comments on Single and Surviving (just): Snow days of yore (well, the seventies anyway)Welsh Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-74662629224229697842009-02-05T13:50:00.000+00:002009-02-05T13:50:00.000+00:00Katyboo - I've never come across that one. I shal...Katyboo - I've never come across that one. I shall have to get onto Amazon Used and Abused and see if I can track down a copy.Welsh Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-24193827217927658212009-02-05T00:31:00.000+00:002009-02-05T00:31:00.000+00:00That toboggan story so reminds me of one of my fav...That toboggan story so reminds me of one of my favourite books as a kid; 'All About the Bullerby Children' by Astrid Lindgren. They went to a big party on sledges and I was so envious. I am now envious of you as well!katyboo1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182125401184061843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-46460333320235007662009-02-04T15:47:00.000+00:002009-02-04T15:47:00.000+00:00Good point. I think we were going to bed and she w...Good point. I think we were going to bed and she was getting paranoid about burning the house down!<BR/><BR/>Those were the days - ice on the inside of the windows, having to get dressed in bed, sleeping under everyone's coats to keep warm... happy days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-23463148320473724012009-02-04T15:44:00.000+00:002009-02-04T15:44:00.000+00:00Mud in the City - why exactly did she put the grat...Mud in the City - why exactly did she put the grate outside? Wasn't it being hot useful for, well, heating purposes???Welsh Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-80206223416530110672009-02-04T14:05:00.000+00:002009-02-04T14:05:00.000+00:00Wonderful story! I remember the perils of frozen c...Wonderful story! I remember the perils of frozen cowpats on icy hillsides and my mother putting the grate from the fire outside to cool - only to have it buried under 4 foot of snow by morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-45719434434205641742009-02-04T11:46:00.000+00:002009-02-04T11:46:00.000+00:00Mr Farty - it was! I'm amazed none of us broke an...Mr Farty - it was! I'm amazed none of us broke anything to be honest!<BR/><BR/>I tried coding the link like that but it just disappears when I post the entry. I am cursed to never be able to link anything!Welsh Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-2272959692663694132009-02-04T11:44:00.000+00:002009-02-04T11:44:00.000+00:00That is a fantastic story....what an amazing memor...That is a fantastic story....what an amazing memory to have. I must say, I remember childhood winters as having rather more snow in them than they do these days. Perhaps because I spent my childhood in Scotland and Wales rather than the south of England!justmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768035027235782814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030837390014068283.post-1436594298103994912009-02-03T23:30:00.000+00:002009-02-03T23:30:00.000+00:00Oh, wow! That toboggan ride sounds amazing. Bet it...Oh, wow! That toboggan ride sounds amazing. Bet it was fecking freezing at the time.<BR/><BR/>A mate of mine said today that this snow is nothing (correct, it's melted already) - when he was young the snow was up over the railway sleepers. <BR/>"So what?"<BR/>"We used a pair of railway sleepers as gateposts."<BR/><BR/>You need to code your links like this (I hope):<BR/><a href="http://katyboo1.wordpress.com/">Katyboo</a>Mr Fartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181992797303553788noreply@blogger.com