Hard winters
Reminders of winters past
By Rosemary Ross
December 2010 brought parts of Harpenden to a standstill, with reminders of previous big freezes. A recent project to start scanning slides (transparencies) from the 1960s onwards has revealed some images from the big freeze of 1963.
Rothamsted Park, Lime Avenue, in the great freeze, 19 January 1963
LHS collection
Pimlico cottages, West Common, in the snow, 1963
LHS collection - B. Norman