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When The Thames Froze Over ..
I've loved reading about this, I found it fascinating how enterprising they were. The pic download is particularly interesting as a first hand account. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524252/How-Londoners-celebrated-River-Thames-freezing-frost-fairs-ice.html
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Frostiana .. or a history of the river Thames ( first link) pdf download .. http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&;hl=en-GB&q=frostiana+pdf&gfe_rd=cr&ei=04h4VZ_5Donj8wfYpoAw#hl=en-GB&;q=thames+frostiana+pdf
A pie e of gingerbread bought at the frost fair. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/when-winter-really-was-winter-the-last-of-the-london-frost-fairs-9100338.html
1963 was last complete freeze in Windsor. 2012 was partial freeze in Eton.
http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/freeze63.html
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& the Thames freeze again in 1963! http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-17/walking-on-the-thames-1963s-big-freeze-in-pictures/
Some really fascinating and engrossing illustrations there. It'd be great to see the expressions of the people depicted if they could see what the Thames and its surroundings look like now. I'm wondering how the horses got traction on that ice; and if the bridge support columns were given any protection against the crushing force of the ice.
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