Snow has wreaked havoc and temperatures have plummeted across the country. But, whatever happens, it is unlikely that there will be a repeat of the Big Freeze of 1963, when Britons weathered the ...

Temperatures plummeted to -2C in England and -19C in Scotland throughout January 1963 after a cold ... on Boxing Day 1962 when snow started to fall across the UK. The festive snowflakes soon ...

Power lines were brought down and, as if the snow wasn't enough, large parts of the country were hit by freezing fog. In February 1963 there was more snow, this time accompanied by gale force ...

The latest cold snap may leave Britons shivering in their snow boots but it has nothing on the chill of 1963. That year the UK had one of its worst winters in living memory with temperatures ...

Kent joined the rest of the UK in experiencing almost constant sub-zero temperatures with snow falling ... ship to visit the shops on January 25, 1963, after his boat was trapped in ice Of ...

There’s a three-day snow warning in place across the UK this weekend ... forecast is nothing compared to the Big Freeze of 1963, our coldest winter in living memory. Temperatures dropped ...

and the second - and most recent - in 1963. Our main image is a classic Chronicle photograph from February of that year. It shows the number 25 Stanley to Flint Hill bus amid huge mounds of snow.

Here are some incredible photos of Bristol areas from the time when snow lasted for more than two months in multiple regions across the UK.

1962/1963 The winter of 1963 was the coldest ... By December 29 and 30, the UK was hit by snow blizzards, with snowdrifts come 6 metres deep. The Met Office described the scenes: "Roads and ...