tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post3575420208238264810..comments2024-03-20T16:21:36.561+00:00Comments on John Burke's a-Musings: Blackpool Snowbound, 1981Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post-62392563143375029942017-12-09T17:10:09.819+00:002017-12-09T17:10:09.819+00:00I remember it well I got stuck in Poulton with a 2...I remember it well I got stuck in Poulton with a 2 week old baby ....after 2 days the boys from Fylde Farm were all out pushing the cars up Newton dr xdenise woodmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post-15794088122366372912013-12-22T16:35:40.616+00:002013-12-22T16:35:40.616+00:00The Snow fell on Sunday afternoon 13th December.The Snow fell on Sunday afternoon 13th December.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post-72129843980647248172011-03-05T17:41:34.793+00:002011-03-05T17:41:34.793+00:00A good memory preserved there! I can just imagine...A good memory preserved there! I can just imagine your dad getting all worked up at spinning wheels whilst two giggling girls are shouting in glee! And Vauxhall Cavaliers... There's got to be an article there... :-)John Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266379615900007302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post-84072420372164374342011-03-05T17:34:08.666+00:002011-03-05T17:34:08.666+00:00I just about remember that year. The snow fell, a...I just about remember that year. The snow fell, as you say, very quickly. Just at the time where me and my family were in the Opera House enjoying(!) the Schools Christmas concert. I think I was too young to be in it that year but I suspect my big sister was. Anyhow, we got outside and found the snow had come down which seemed really magical to a 5 year old girl but a total disaster to a 30+ year old father who was desperately trying to find which car parked neatly at the side of Birley Street and covered in a substantial amount of snow, was his! (I don't think two excited 5 and 8 year olds will have helped!). We had great fun wiping all the snow off the cars until we found our lovely bright green Vauxhall Cavalier. I don't remember much about the drive back but do remember my dad trying really hard to get the car up the slight incline at the back of our house that led to the garage. That was quite amusing to me, but obviously not that amusing to my dad. The following few days although we tried getting to school (which again was an adventure!), it was closed. I suspect this time it was my mum that was annoyed ;-) I must have been a real handful!Chrissie Turkingtonnoreply@blogger.com