Happy 2010
A bit late I know but better late than never...
The weather has been different to say the least, all this snow reminds me of when I was about fifteen and it snowed worse than we've had this year....and it lasted longer.
Nobody took time off work or school, we just got on with it!
I remember my dad setting off for work with snow up somewhere round his middle, he was so bundled up with clothes my mother said he looked like 'Nanook of the North', he had about three miles to walk!
Us kids walked a couple of miles to school in it too...we got a hot drink when we got there and the radiators steamed all morning with wet clothes...I can still recall the smell..and we put them back on either still wet or damp for playtimes and home time!!
They were squat radiators, about eighteen inches high and the same width. We sat on them like warm seats, no health and safety then.
Fingers, toes and knees turned bright red and tingled as they thawed but we were back out playing in it when they had...Happy days!
Your post brought back childhood memories for me as well Martha-Ann,I too remember that smell of those wet gaberdine macs!
ReplyDeleteOne of my memories is of a boy who used to wet himself if he was shouted at, the poor lad often ended up sitting on the radiator 'til his trousers were dry...seeing the steam rising and the smell is what lingers most!!
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