As a child the stories of the winter of 1947/8 would get an airing at the first sign of snow.
I now find myself doing the same about the winter of 1963 and the frost of 1982 (think it's 82)
http://www.topfoto.co.uk/gallery/1947Winter/default.htm
1947 and 1963
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...ts/winter.html