I know this is the Old Photographs section - these are hours old already.

1. Site of the new pavilion ...

2. Parkway looms.

3. Where were you Buzz?

OK so there is the snow - but where is my bloody present???  

Thanks for posting these Blackdog.

Somewhere, I have photographs of the "Big Freeze" Winter 1962/3 when Stroud Green became the dumping ground for lorry loads of snow collected from the streets of Newbury. The pile of snow was so huge that even when the thaw came at the end of March, there was still evidence of the snow that hadn't melted for weeks afterwards.

The snow started the Saturday after Christmas and lasted nearly 3 months.

The drifts were so high out on the country roads that even in a double decker bus, you could not see over the top

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Somewhere, I have photographs of the "Big Freeze" Winter 1962/3 when Stroud Green became the dumping ground for lorry loads of snow collected from the streets of Newbury. The pile of snow was so huge that even when the thaw came at the end of March, there was still evidence of the snow that hadn't melted for weeks afterwards.

Those would be interesting shots to see. Somewhere in my slide collection I have some pictures of the 1979(?) snow. I was living in Kingsclere at the time, the lanes around there were more like bobsleigh runs than roads.

However, here is another shot from yesterday:

Quoted from BrianB

Thanks for posting these Blackdog.

Somewhere, I have photographs of the "Big Freeze" Winter 1962/3 when Stroud Green became the dumping ground for lorry loads of snow collected from the streets of Newbury. The pile of snow was so huge that......

A lovely lady customer of mine,who used to live at Waterloo Place[west st.] reminded me of the winter of 1947......when lorry loads of snow was dumped on Northcroft fields....and when the thaw came.....floods all over that area up to Northbrook st. led the evacuation of all those neighbours around there......sorry,no pics.

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A lovely lady customer of mine,who used to live at Waterloo Place[west st.] reminded me of the winter of 1947......when lorry loads of snow was dumped on Northcroft fields....and when the thaw came.....floods all over that area up to Northbrook st. led the evacuation of all those neighbours around there......sorry,no pics.

There have been pics in the past - but I doubt that the lorry loads of snow contributed much to the floods - little more than it would have done if it had been left on the streets.  Surely it was heavy rain combined with a fast thaw that overloaded the Kennet and Lambourn.

Blackdog....I can only relay this lady"s memories, and they all[her neighbours] were convinced it was the piled up snow as much as anything.....they have stopped the practice,now and just salt , grit and scrape it away.

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There have been pics in the past - but I doubt that the lorry loads of snow contributed much to the floods - little more than it would have done if it had been left on the streets.  Surely it was heavy rain combined with a fast thaw that overloaded the Kennet and Lambourn.

The major part of the problem from the tons of dumped snow was that when it melted, it was unable to run off into the kennet and instead ran down to West Street and Northbrook Street. If that amount of snow had not been concentrated in a small area then the dispersal would have been less aggressive.

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It might not be all over yet by the way...
April 1908 as the postcard says.

I remeber the floods in 1947 0r 1948, we lived in Northcroft Terrace and had to live upstairs because of the flood. Mr Jack Hole who owned the Tudor Cafe came around in boats to bring us food.

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I remeber the floods in 1947 0r 1948, we lived in Northcroft Terrace and had to live upstairs because of the flood. Mr Jack Hole who owned the Tudor Cafe came around in boats to bring us food.

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