50 Years Ago : It snowed

50 years ago today I was taken protesting up to the 208 bus stop at Digby Road to wait for the single decker to take me to the Mothers' Hospital. I was simply told that my removal from the warmth of the terrace house in Marlowe Road was due to the urgent need to meet my sister, for the first time. As I was marched up the road under close supervision, not realizing the momentous significance of the events that would follow that would change my life for ever, I was stunned by the fact that it was snowing.

I shall further explore what happened as a result. I shall tell the tales of having to share everything I possessed. How my bike got completely broken. The further suffering will be outlined. But this must wait.

This morning I wish to recall that it snowed in April in 1958 and it lasted about 10 days. So when you speak of global warming do not use this weekends snowfall. There may be climate change but it's more complex than you would believe and snow this weekend is not necessarily good evidence of its own. It snowed for 10 days in April the week my sister was born.