Tonight on tv

[spudfan]

Tonight on Talking Pictures TV "Snow", Documentary about the impact of cold weather on British railways in 1963
7.50pm-8.00pm

 

[Broithe]

This is always worth a watch.

 

We lived high in the Cotswolds when 'it' arrived - the scale of it was startling.

[DiveController]

Do you ever feel like the railways had a relatively greater importance and were better equipped to cope then than now?

[Mike 84C]

Thanks for posting Jim, the year I started work, on the railway! I shall never forget cycling 6 miles to work in the snow, 6 days a week.  Engine cleaners got  £3 15/-  for a 48hr week. The Midland Red bus cost 42p per week! which is why I biked. The amount of snow around Banbury was staggering.All we did was keep braziers alight 24/7 around the locos to try and stop them freezing up.

[Broithe]

12 minutes ago, Mike 84C said:

Thanks for posting Jim, the year I started work, on the railway! I shall never forget cycling 6 miles to work in the snow, 6 days a week.  Engine cleaners got  £3 15/-  for a 48hr week. The Midland Red bus cost 42p per week! which is why I biked. The amount of snow around Banbury was staggering.All we did was keep braziers alight 24/7 around the locos to try and stop them freezing up.

We were at Little Rissington - at 750 feet, facing straight at it on the top of the hill. We couldn't open the upstairs windows at the front of the house. It was quite entertaining, having been in Malta for the preceding few years...

[leslie10646]

Thanks, Broithe, for this. After enjoying the SNOW (brilliant editing and soundtrack!), found that the next video was the wonderful film of The Elizabethan. Nearly 400 miles of steam haulage and superbly filmed - always a joy to watch.