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Childhood memories of the snow!

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By *976scott OP   Man
over a year ago

North Lanarkshire

It's been a few years since we have had any serious snowfall in Central Scotland, think 2010 or 11 was the last really bad one!

I can remember as a kid loving the snow especially when school was shut! We had a big hill close to ours and all the kids from the street would spend hours sledging!

By the time you got your wellies off your toes were nipping with the cold and fingers almost frozen off!

Good times!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sneaking onto the golf course & sledging down the hill. We never had enough sledges for everyone so took black bin bags too. Didn't matter how well you wrapped up you always ended up soaking. Always loads of fun though.

R

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

I ended up with a black eye once after a boy threw a snowball with a huge stone in it lol

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By *976scott OP   Man
over a year ago

North Lanarkshire


"Sneaking onto the golf course & sledging down the hill. We never had enough sledges for everyone so took black bin bags too. Didn't matter how well you wrapped up you always ended up soaking. Always loads of fun though.

R"

We used to nick the lids of folks bins, not the new wheely bin type the old round ones! You flew down the hill!

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By *976scott OP   Man
over a year ago

North Lanarkshire


"I ended up with a black eye once after a boy threw a snowball with a huge stone in it lol "

Ah so your the person all the teachers spoke about when you were getting into trouble for throwing snowballs! " you could have someone's eye out with that boy"!!!

Kids are not even allowed out in the playground now at break when it's snowing incase the get injured!!!

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!


"I ended up with a black eye once after a boy threw a snowball with a huge stone in it lol

Ah so your the person all the teachers spoke about when you were getting into trouble for throwing snowballs! " you could have someone's eye out with that boy"!!!

Kids are not even allowed out in the playground now at break when it's snowing incase the get injured!!! "

hahaha yes pretty much

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was out creating some memories today as its wee mans first experience with snow he was just a bit confused by it all but the lookon his face was priceless!

Beauty x

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By *ighlander80884Man
over a year ago

Inverness

Ah we always had more snow when I were a lad, lol!

Remember using a car bonnet once for a sled down the gold course, terrific fun with several of us on it on the way down - not so great dragging it back up!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Still not any snow were I am I need to get the kids in the car we are going snow hunting lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is finally snowing here!!

Most memorable would be sledging in the park with my big cousin... He fell off his sledge and slid straight into a tree. Poor boy could hardly walk home.

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By *976scott OP   Man
over a year ago

North Lanarkshire

I had a mate that broke his arse sledging!

It was really his coccyx bone but that didn't stop everyone at school slagging him about his broken arse!

He walked like he had shat himself for months after and had to get a cushion to sit on at school!

Kids can be cruel but I remember it being the source of much amusement!!!

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By *awty MaxWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

We used to have lots of snow too in the North of France. I remember the sledge races we used to have. But, we would dump our sledges for fancy black bin bags lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Remember using my mums plastic tray as I didn't have a sledge it was the best thing ever kids with sledges always wanted a shot of my tray... got a sledge the next year but want the same lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Remember using my mums plastic tray as I didn't have a sledge it was the best thing ever kids with sledges always wanted a shot of my tray... got a sledge the next year but want the same lol"

The favourite was a short handled shovel as a one man sledge, the speed was incredible

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sledging down Lochee Park in Dundee on a large home made sledge which held 4 excited kids!!! The parks department of the council used to set up gas floodlights to provide lighting on dark evenings. I remember one year when the snow had been compacted and froze into pure ice. We had to crawl up the hill on hands and knees, pulling sledges behind us!!

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