Gallery: Weather: 1963 Snowstorms

Updated: 20:51, Thursday, 7 January 2010

The recent weather has perhaps gone beyond being a cold 'snap', but things were even worse back in 1963.

Look at a gallery of photos sent in from around the country

  • Would today's 4x4s cope any better with this sort of snow drift?
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    Would today's 4x4s cope any better with this sort of snow drift?

  • Clearing roads back then wasn't much fun.
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    Clearing roads back then wasn't much fun.

  • A snow plough battles through the drifts.
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    A snow plough battles through the drifts.

  • If you can't get through the snow, maybe you can go over it...
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    If you can't get through the snow, maybe you can go over it...

  • This baby has probably grown up to tell their kids they never took snow days.
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    This baby has probably grown up to tell their kids they never took snow days.

  • A sheep is forced to resort to eating gorse bushes.
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    A sheep is forced to resort to eating gorse bushes.

  • Farmers dig the body of an even less fortunate sheep out of the snow.
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    Farmers dig the body of an even less fortunate sheep out of the snow.

  • A man tries to open a frozen window...
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    A man tries to open a frozen window...

  • ...I'm not sure the ladder manufacturers would endorse this sort of use.
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    ...I'm not sure the ladder manufacturers would endorse this sort of use.

  • This man seems to have decided that a snowcovered mountain is the best place to try out his motorbike.
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    This man seems to have decided that a snowcovered mountain is the best place to try out his motorbike.

  • A man jumps into a drift...
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    A man jumps into a drift...

  • ...and sinks up to his waist.
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    ...and sinks up to his waist.

  • This man atop a telegraph pole gives some idea of how deep the drifts were in places.
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    This man atop a telegraph pole gives some idea of how deep the drifts were in places.

  • A man tries to clear ice from a telephone mast.
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    A man tries to clear ice from a telephone mast.

  • A few opportunists decide to take advantage of the conditions and do a little skiing.
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    A few opportunists decide to take advantage of the conditions and do a little skiing.

  • Some of them could perhaps have done with a lesson or two.
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    Some of them could perhaps have done with a lesson or two.

  • It does look pretty - I wonder how long it took for the novelty to wear off back then.
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    It does look pretty - I wonder how long it took for the novelty to wear off back then.