Abarbarian said:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8446942.stm
Aye them were days, when men were men. Brings a tear to me old eyes.
Although the Thames had frozen over several times in the 16th century, the first recorded frost fair was in 1608. King Henry VIII traveled from central London to Greenwich by sleigh along the river during the winter of 1536. Queen Elizabeth I took to the ice frequently during the winter of 1564, to "shoot at marks", and small boys played football on the ice.[7].
A celebrated frost fair occurred in the winter of 1683–84 and was thus described by John Evelyn:
Coaches plied from Westminster to the Temple, and from several other stairs too and fro, as in the streets; sleds, sliding with skeetes, a bull-baiting, horse and coach races, puppet plays and interludes, cooks, tipling and other lewd places, so that it seemed to be a bacchanalian triumph, or carnival on the water.[8] For sixpence, the printer Croom sold souvenir cards written with the customer's name, the date, and the fact that the card was printed on the Thames, and was making five pounds a day (ten times a labourer's weekly wage). King Charles II bought one.
Ian Cunningham said:That is a fantastic image TC
Really puts things in to perspective! I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be a single area without snow.
floppybootstomp said:That frost fair article says there's a foot tunnel running under the Thames under Southwark Bridge.
I don't know of this tunnel and next time I'm that way I shall go and have a search.
Lived here all my life mostly and there's something I don't know about?
Shocking
I had to miss my hospital appointment at London Bridge on Friday (a checkup) cos the train service was affected badly cos of snow and the next one wasn't due for 90 minutes when I arrived at Greenwich Station.
New appointment scheduled for Feb 19th, I shall take a stroll to Southwark Bridge then
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