When was the last time we had proper snow in Sheffield? I mean a really heavy and lasting fall. I remember winters in the 70s when you could go sledging for days on end and build snowmen that would be there a week later. It's been a long time since you could do that.

What's the coldest it's ever been here?

If there are any old photos of winter/snow scenes in Sheffield I'd ber grateful if someone would point me in their direction.

I dont think there has been any really heavy snow as we used to get it since about 1978, when it started in November and didnt let up until about April 79.
Since then as you say there has only been coverings or stuff lasting a day or so, lets keep it that way eh?
Long Live Global Warming!

It snowed at christmas in 1985 as I remember tempratures shot down to minus 15.
The snow that fell in January 1978 was so bad people were bunking down at church halls because the buses stopped running.
I was working at Treeton Colliery at the time and the snow was so heavey it took everyone by supprise.
I did get back home that night, about 6 hours but many did not and nobody turned into wpork the following day.
Don't cry for me Argintina was tthe record being played on the radio then and that song always reminds me of that horrible day.

There seems to be a 70s and 80s feel to the current winter set up.Altho after heavy snow on friday it will turn less cold for a while.During next week tho watch out for a return to much colder weather coming back in from the east?

i remember in the mid 80s there was no buses cos of the snow, so me and a mate walked into town from woodhouse, for the laugh :)

I remember some very cold winters in maybe the end of 70's early 80's. We had to walk to town as there were no buses but the sledging was great fun. I seem to remember Dad taking a pic of a snow pile up next to a street sign on our road to remind us of the sheer depth of snow one winter. I use to like jumping in the massive piles of snow next to peoples drives which they'd cleared but not when my big sis threw me in them and piled snow in my face. I definitely prefer the summers though now.

Oh while I remember on April 27 1981 my Daughter was born at the NGH.
There was a foot of snow that day and I had to walk to the hospital due to public transport cancelled.
It was hell and 4 days away from May.

Dear me, all these posts mentioning the 1980s are bringing back so many memories... sadly, all of them are bad ones :)

I remember having to walk to junior school in the mid-1980s, when the snow was several inches deep and I hated it :D

We always had to go outside at playtime, unless it was really really cold, in which case we could either stay inside in a nice warm classroom (yes please) or play outside in the snow (no thank you).

How on earth my fellow classmates managed to survive an entire winter of snowball fights in blizzard conditions still puzzles me to this day :huh:

In the late 1980s, my family moved to Liverpool; winter was much milder over there. In the ten years I lived there, we only ever had a day or two of heavy snow, which had completely disappeared by the next morning.

I may not have had a high opinion of the city while I lived there, but I had no complaints about the Merseyside climate :thumbsup:

It snowed like hell in 69 I was 13 at the time & Forster Rd at Heeley was about 3ft high,but 78 was a bad winter,me & my brother were clearing the snow off our garage forecourt & by the time we had got to the bottom it had filled up again with snow that was in April 78.

Originally posted by Abdul


We always had to go outside at playtime, unless it was really really cold, in which case we could either stay inside in a nice warm classroom (yes please) or play outside in the snow (no thank you).

How on earth my fellow classmates managed to survive an entire winter of snowball fights in blizzard conditions still puzzles me to this day :huh:



they wouldnt do that these days for fear of being sued

The winter of 62 may be the worst ever. Some villages in the West Country were cut off for days, and had to be supplied by naval and RAF helicopters. The Snake Pass was impassable.I've experienced some vicious winters in Canada, but that one was on a par with them.

Originally posted by buck
The winter of 62 may be the worst ever. Some villages in the West Country were cut off for days, and had to be supplied by naval and RAF helicopters. The Snake Pass was impassable.I've experienced some vicious winters in Canada, but that one was on a par with them.
bet there was no bears tho

Buck is right.

I went down to Worthing to work on New Years Eve, they had about 6 inches of snow on that day and it lasted until 28th February. It was so cold the sea froze at the edges.

I came home to Sheffield at the beginning of March and the snow and ice here lasted until the end of March.

The winter of 1947 was rather fierce I remember. Our house was downhill from the road and the snow drifted and was up to the bedroom windows. I thought it was magic- wouldn't mind it today- it is 38degreesC and rising. Let it snow let it snow let it snow!!!

Originally posted by nanrobbo
The winter of 1947 was rather fierce I remember. Our house was downhill from the road and the snow drifted and was up to the bedroom windows. I thought it was magic- wouldn't mind it today- it is 38degreesC and rising. Let it snow let it snow let it snow!!!

Nanrobbo, We lived out at High Moor and the "Big Freeze" 1963 was when we left there. We had snow drifts and couldn't even find our little Bon-Mini car in the drifts. Yes 35Deg here and they say it will be 40 for the New Year. Never mind we have the best of both worlds eh! we can always get off to the snow fields (if ya daft enuff too) We wish you all the best for 2006 Nanrobbo.
Best wishes to you all in the Forum and keep those interesting letters coming in.
Regards Vera.

Use this link look for snow in the s's

http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/database_search.php

there are a few photos of Sheffield under snow.