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Originally Posted by garinda
I was in London the last time it snowed in 1991...
I'd gone for a drink after work with my friend Sara. When we'd gone in Harry's Bar at sixish it was fine. When we left at about eleven the whole of Piccadilly was covered by about six inches of snow. It was magical, and everone was in a playful mood. There wasn't much traffic, but the buses and tubes were running as normal, as they were the next day also.
It was unusual, but the city coped, and carried on as usual.
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If you recall, the snow started about lunchtime on the day the Provo's (originally thought to be Iraqi's, for this was the time of the first gulf war) let loose a mortar attack on Downing St and continued throughout the day. However, your memory and the BBC are playing you tricks.The snow fall was no more than 2 or 3 inches in the capital. The BBC yesterday referred to the 'heaviest snowfall since 1991', but they were in fact referring to the country as a whole.
At 9am yesterday morning, the snowlayer was about 10'' here in the East End; I have been here since 1978 and as such is far worse than anything I can recall. Still, that is no excuse for the total failure of the authorities - who had plenty of advance warning - to keep things moving.