A Winter's Day, BBC TV - January 1982

Wednesday 13th January 1982, the fifth day of the snow and ice, the first day of the national coal strike. BBC Camera Crews spent the day in five places throughout Britain.

In this clip bulldozers battle through mountainous drifts to open the road to an isolated Welsh village, Aberdaron, on the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales.

Features presentation announcement and BBC2 station ident. of the period.

Camera: Bob Sleigh (Yes. Really!). Edited by Jon Silverside. Directed by Ian McNulty.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• snow

[hj78]

I was 4 at the time, I still have a vague memory of Dad clearing the snow drift that was blocking the front door of our house. Also, proper Welsh accents. :-)

[bryantrosie]

I was only 8 at the time, but remember this and the BBC2 ident!

[Estuntman1]

Hope this happens again

[RYEALLEN]

I was born exactly 2 weeks later lol

[3lfyn]

Did not know that Nic-nac (the James Bond villian) was a welsh postman.

[Iwan486CNR]

And today's phoney environmentalists refer to the 2010 snowfall as "Unpresidented" ?

[ends76]

waw this brought some good memories back.