Stewartby as it was, in the great old brickmaking days. This was the winter of 1981-2.
We moved in at the beginning of December, and the day I was licensed, the snow came. It lay until after Christmas, which with three children under 4, and two of them in a pram, was not easy…
But this can’t be the snow I remember… did it *always* snow in the 1980s??
i had for gotten that there were that many chimneys
i remember it snowing like this.
i have a memory of Tom and i walking along the top of banked up snow on the way home from school
theres loads of chimneys
I was Loading Foreman on the Car Kilns (the village side of the railway) during that winter. I still think they were the best days of my working life. It was tough, dirty and in all weathers but there was an unbeatable camaraderie. This was Stewartby as I remember it, alas all gone now. That is not to say I do not appreciate the clean air.
Is it possible to have a copy of this splendid photograph?
It would be much appreciated.