Edit So glad it's not 50 years ago
1947, now, that was a bitter winter, excessively so, when anti-cyclones to the north and east of the British Isles ensured constant, bitterly cold winds.
Drifts backed up to 5ft or more in places. Roads were blocked, trains did not have a snowball's chance of getting through. Villages were cut off for days at a time.
Army helicopters were the only means by which food and other supplies could be conveyed to far-flung hamlets.
According to the Met Office, parts of western Scotland were completely dry that February - a first since records were kept.
The extreme cold that month meant good news for Glasgow's skaters, who merrily took to ice which was up to 2in thick in places in Springburn and Alexandra Park.
Drifts backed up to 5ft or more in places. Roads were blocked, trains did not have a snowball's chance of getting through. Villages were cut off for days at a time.
Army helicopters were the only means by which food and other supplies could be conveyed to far-flung hamlets.
According to the Met Office, parts of western Scotland were completely dry that February - a first since records were kept.
The extreme cold that month meant good news for Glasgow's skaters, who merrily took to ice which was up to 2in thick in places in Springburn and Alexandra Park.
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