As the Winter Olympics continues with scenes of snowy mountains and icy racetracks, we are looking back at two of the biggest snowfalls in Dorset in the 20th century. A white Christmas in 1962 was the start of a prolonged period of heavy snow across Dorset, blocking roads and cutting off villages. The freeze continued… Read more In Search of Snow…
There is no doubt that Brits love to talk about the weather. From our records it seems this has been the case for centuries! Mentions of the weather can be found in our collections in diaries and letters, newspapers, agricultural records and perhaps more surprisingly in parish registers. As winter approaches spare a thought for… Read more Snow, storms and saturation
Ask any foreigner and they’ll say the British are obsessed with the weather. Nowadays we can access an up-to-date, worldwide forecast at any time and, being British, we love to talk or moan about it. However this is not a new phenomenon. Details of the weather over the last couple of centuries can be found… Read more The British and the weather
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