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The Wrong Kind of
Snow: How the Weather Made
Britain |
PRODUCT
DETAILS: Author: Robert
Penn, Antony Woodward Language: English Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks Publication
Date: 3 Oct
2008 Dimensions: 13.4 x 3
x 18.1 cm Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Condition: NEW Product_ID: AC4A9C7882
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It is a fact universally acknowledged that the
British are obsessed with the weather. This is not
surprising as no country in the world has such
unpredictable weather, with such power to rule people's
lives. THE WRONG KIND OF SNOW is the complete daily
companion to this national phenomenon. From the Spanish
Armada to the invention of the windscreen wiper, each of
the 365 entries beautifully illustrates a day in the
weird and wonderful history of the British and their
weather. 31 January: The Big Freeze of 1963 brings the
FA Cup competition to a halt: every football pitch in
Britain is frozen: the third round takes 66 days to
complete: the Pools Panel is formed as a result. 9
February: British Rail blames the 'Wrong Kind of Snow'.
It was a journalist's phrase, but on this day in 1991 it
stuck to the beleagured BR like flesh to ice. 15 July:
The exceptionally hot and steamy summer of 1858 caused
the Great Stink of London, resulting in the building of
London's sewage system, still in use today. On the same
day in 1930, rainfall in Yorkshire was so heavy that the
Whitby lifeboat makes a rescue two miles inland.10
September: A violent storm rather than British sea power
defeats the Spanish Armada in 1588. Had the weather held
and the fleet reached home, it would have been hailed as
a Spanish triumph. Four centuries later, bad light and
rain stop play at the Oval ...And much much more. |
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