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Ok, so it's cold today but in the old days.....

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
edited January 2010 in Not Sports Related
I remember waking up and there being thick ice on the INSIDE of the windows.

Any more war stories from the "good" old days before central heating etc.
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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,828
    dunno about old stories, but I've rarely felt as cold as I did this morning !!
  • dartfordgent
    dartfordgent Posts: 885
    first thin in morn toilet iced up and having to put the paraffin heater in there to warm up .....no reading the paper on loo in them days
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,023
    I remember when we lived on Cherry Orchard Estate in Charlton having thick ice on the inside of my bedroom window and sleeping in multi-layers of clothes. It was actually warmer outside the flat.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    edited January 2010
    If you were to listen to my nan then she'd have you believe coats werent invented until about 15 years ago!....yet if i tried to go out without one she'd call me a soppy sod.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]If you were to listen to my nan then she'd have you believe coats werent invented until about 15 years ago!....yet if i tried to go out without one she'd call me a soppy sod.

    Coats! you were lucky. One coat and that had to double up as a blanket as well ; - )
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,614
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]If you were to listen to my nan then she'd have you believecoatswerent invented until about 15 years ago!....yet if i tried to go out without one she'd call me a soppy sod.

    Coats! you were lucky. One coat and that had to double up as a blanket as well ; - )

    At least you had a cardie though
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    [cite]Posted By: DaveMehmet[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]If you were to listen to my nan then she'd have you believecoatswerent invented until about 15 years ago!....yet if i tried to go out without one she'd call me a soppy sod.

    Coats! you were lucky. One coat and that had to double up as a blanket as well ; - )

    At least you had a cardie though

    I'm not stupid ; - )
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]If you were to listen to my nan then she'd have you believecoatswerent invented until about 15 years ago!....yet if i tried to go out without one she'd call me a soppy sod.

    Coats! you were lucky. One coat and that had to double up as a blanket as well ; - )

    She was from the Isle of Bute in Scotland tho! The coldest place on earth.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,872
    It's been a long long time since we had a constant cold spell like this... but remember going to school in the 80's when they were icicles hanging down from pipes on the walls at school and heave snow that was at least 2ft?? Was that 17 yrs ago??
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,415
    I cant remember it ever being cold but i am a bit younger then you lot im guessing, on this note thought i would mention sunday 6pm i got in my car and the inside of the windscreen had iced up, my cousin thought it must have a crack or hole somewhere although i have just been told would be from my breath either the night before or from openning the door lol weird stuff

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    if your breath can crack a windscreen, thats not the cold. Thats halitosis. ;-)
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,691
    In the old days, when your dog had a crap, you just left it there. These days you have to pick it up in a bag, it makes a great pocket warmer. ;-0)
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,961
    edited January 2010
    Cold in bed?

    I have my furry pussy to keep me warm, although it doesn't like being laid on.
  • 101
    101 Posts: 2,456
    It never gets properly cold in England go to Moscow then you know what cold is -18 it strips the skin from your face or feels like it anyway.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,691
    edited January 2010
    It was so cold when I was a kid, that the toilet froze over. It's no fun when a turd comes bouncing back at you.


    Not really.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,961
    [cite]Posted By: Ru1986[/cite]It never gets properly cold in England go to Moscow then you know what cold is -18 it strips the skin from your face or feels like it anyway.

    So you are not really Rupert, but Special Agent Russian1986 ........?

    ;o)
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Soundas remembers the last Ice age.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,961
    edited January 2010
    [cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]Soundas remembers the last Ice age, hunting Woolly Mammoth.

    Was that when we won the FA Cup ...?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    edited January 2010
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]Soundas remembers the last Ice age, hunting Woolly Mammoth.

    Was that when we won the FA Cup ...?

    Really bad winter when we won the FA Cup.

    Could be an omen for this year.

    Oh, yeah. Scrub that.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,681
    Sorry to upset you Oggy but the 80's were 30 years ago !!!!!!!!

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    Imagine getting one of them old footballs in the goolies on a day like that!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,614
    [cite]Posted By: Ru1986[/cite]It never gets properly cold in England go to Moscow then you know what cold is -18 it strips the skin from your face or feels like it anyway.

    Tell me about it. I was out there in Feb a few years ago, never felt cold like it. Had a scarf wrapped around my face and my breath was freezing on it.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,061
    Not quite the war years but i remember a trip to Kenilworth Rd when David Whyte scored in a 1-0 win. Now that was a cold night!
  • 101
    101 Posts: 2,456
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Ru1986[/cite]It never gets properly cold in England go to Moscow then you know what cold is -18 it strips the skin from your face or feels like it anyway.

    So you are not really Rupert, but Special AgentRussian1986........?

    ;o)

    LOL na i was there watching football Oggy but nice idea mate :-)
  • 101
    101 Posts: 2,456
    [cite]Posted By: DaveMehmet[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Ru1986[/cite]It never gets properly cold in England go to Moscow then you know what cold is -18 it strips the skin from your face or feels like it anyway.

    Tell me about it. I was out there in Feb a few years ago, never felt cold like it. Had a scarf wrapped around my face and my breath was freezing on it.

    I can imagine, especially this year cos when i was there it was about October i think and it was quiet cold enough but i have heard storys of what it can be like, does not sound pleasent.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,915
    I feel sorry for the couple up in Jockland.

    They went out on 16th Dec to buy a Turkey for Xmas dinner and haven't been able to get home yet!
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,867
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite][div class=Attachments id=Attachments_607279 noWrap=false][ul compact=false][div noWrap=false]Snowy Valley.jpg[/div][/ul][/div]

    I've played in worse
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,642
    Was in Gdansk a couple of years ago in february and the sea was frozen. Daytime temp of -11 and nightime lows of -22
    Trust me it took your breath away.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,489
    Back in the 50's it would literally freeze up for weeks on end.....'every' winter there was ice on the pond in our garden a good 4 to 6 inches thick.
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,415
    [cite]Posted By: cafckev[/cite]I feel sorry for the couple up in Jockland.

    They went out on 16th Dec to buy a Turkey for Xmas dinner and haven't been able to get home yet!

    lol seriously i hadnt herd of that how funny! as they're scottish i have no sympathy like they wouldnt if it was us!

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