Winter Of 1947

[nicebloke1]

Did anyone see this on TV last night. Dare say its a repeat, but its the first time I've seen it. Its normally a repeat of the sixties winter. Thats what you call a real hard time, worth watching if you've not seen it.

[nicebloke1]

Oh, and the part that made me laugh was they fixed to jet engines on a rolling trolly on the railtrack, fired them up to melt the snow and ice, but there was so much heat that came from the engines it buckled the track. Not a great idea :●)

[barry1010]

You don't know untill you try 😁

[nicebloke1]

Oh they never stopped trying for sure.

[vulcan42]

" Oh, and the part that made me laugh was they fixed to jet engines on a rolling trolly on the railtrack, fired them up to melt the snow and ice,"

During the 63 winter we had to keep our runways open for the V bomber squadrons. One bright spark came up with the idea of strapping a jet engine vertically to a cradle and melt all the snow. It worked, until the ice refroze, we had the longest skating rink in Warwickshire.