Sent home?…No, not even the 1964 freeze.
That was the winter of 62/3.
47 was the best/worst I can remember, my brother made a sled, hooked our chow dog up to it and they once pulled me home from school on it.
From January 22nd to March 17th of that year, snow fell every day and I never missed a day at school and apart from the one off sled incident, I walked.
February 1947, was the coldest February on record at that time in many parts of the UK and daylight was grotty.
It wasn’t until 63 that the UK had a colder winter, but less snowfall. Easy for me to remember, I got married later that year.:(
Nearly forgot to mention, I was still wearing short trousers in 47, like all the other lads, the lucky ones had socks!
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