On 04/01/2017 11:43, Scott W wrote:
I've written a few lines on my memory of the opening weekend of that cold spell that happened 30 years ago next week. There's loads on the net about it but in this age of mild winters it doesn't hurt to reminisce. http://wp.me/p2VSmb-1WA


On 12/1/87 the maximum temperature in Epping was -8.0c and the minimum
was -10.0C. As you imply the 'snow depth gradient' was very steep NW-SE
with SE Essex/E London and N Kent receiving much greater falls than
places like Epping. However it was the severe frost that caused many
problems, particularly in older buildings.
On the Monday (12/1/87) I accompanied a group of young scholars to the
Science Museum. Despite the cold and snow they were happy to walk to the
station (and they behaved themselves). It was a strange sight to see
Exhibition Road covered in that thick brownish frozen dust which occurs
when temperatures are presumably too low for treatment to be effective.
Not so good news for the school roof however. It eventually had to be
replaced after a water tank/pipe burst after a thaw. But that's another
story.

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