Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,835
Back in the dark ages
before the mechanised gritters, a man on the back of the lorry would be spreading the salt mixture with a shovel as a result the pavements were done at the same time. I would feel sorry for the man but on town roads Lets have that system back so the pavements are done at the same time as the roads.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,321
Snow is not an every day occurence in our part of the world so why oh why do we have all these complaints. Personally I think the highways people have done an excellent job recently.
My husband is disabled and I have a spinal problem that makes standing and walking painful but I have cleared my front path and the pavement outside my property, it took about 15 mins. Afterwards I came in and rosy faced from the fresh air I sat down with a nice hot drink and I felt revitalised from the exercise lol.
No-one likes the snow (do they?) but lets not make it into a major problem
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
Paul, people did wear sensible shoes (that's all you could get anyway!) and just got on with it!
I walked to school every day through the winter of 62 and there was never any thought that school would close or pupils or staff wouldn't get in, even from villages several miles away in the Derbyshire hills. And instead of worrying about slipping over we created slides in the playground and had competitions to see who get furthest before falling over.
More recently in the 70s I was on a bus home from Pfizer that got stuck in snow at Tilmanstone - when the driver said we weren't going anywhere we got off and walked the rest of the way to Dover, stopping for a pint in The Archer. Most people didn't even have phones at home then never mind mobiles so there was no phoning home to let folks know where you were.
The one measure that did happen then that doesn't know is that KCC put snow fences in the fields along main routes about ten yards in, the idea being that drifts would form around them instead of on the road.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
Jacqui, know what you mean, my must have hot drink in the snow is a mug of Camp coffee, sweet and milky with a shot of dark rum - might have to go out now just to have one!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
ray
you are just one step away from the one about you could have a night out taking in the cinema, fish and chip supper, packet of 5 woodbines and still have change from half a crown.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
Aaaah yes, those were the days
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
don't know there born today, do they?
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,037
"we lived in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road".
I managed to get to Buckland hospital yesterday from Whitfield by bus. It took two buses, no messing. The only hazardous part of the journey was getting from my house to the bus stop, a ten minute walk along icy pavements and me with a crutch as well. Not advisable for a pregnant lady though.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
indeed alec, you tell that, to the youngsters of today and they don't believe you.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,335
Eh up! Then our parents would slice us in two an dance on our graves, singing 'appy alleluya, 'appen
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Luxury.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
- Posts: 2,119
Sunday morning myself and a neighbour cleared the path outside along for 5 houses and carried on to do the same for 5 pensioners, salted and gritted it's been clear all week. After that I walked out to River and cleared the ambulance drive where I work and walked home again.
Not very many along the roads even bothered with their own.
The middle of the road stayed thick ice and it brought out the WALLY in people, sat revving their engines in first gear and wheels spinning and their cars have stayed there all week.
No problem myself, 2nd gear and move off slowly, used the car every day.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Ian please clear the middle of your road so I can keep using it a as short cut to Aldi. Thanks.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
It's been a very strange snowfall because it was indeed very easy to clear on Monday, which was done where I live but since then it has only thawed very slightly. Unfortunately they piled the removed snow onto our neighbour's parking space which has meant I have had a huge citroen parked outside my windows. I have had to grit my teeth and smile and say okay when I really want to scream NOOOOOOOOO GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know I am such an evil c*w.
Well i made it down there holding on to clemmy slip slided all over but got there with no thanks to any of the highways and a week later and we still have black ice on the paths
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,024
Same out here Mel .I have been walking in the road .I understand two parents and our Vicar cleared the footway to the school.
Mel you should have cought the bus you naughty girl
Noo im trying to bring bubba out so walking , walking and more walking , aww rev baltree is lovely
Our car park remains icy and the piled snow still has not thawed but at least the pavements on the sunnier side of Folkestone Road have cleared.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
still treacherous on one side though, came a cropper yesterday.
My brother in law went flying in Russel street car park yesterday and another expectant friend of mine went over several times the other day