Big Freeze

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Big Freeze

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In this great video taken by student Raymond Good in early 1963, it shows how the weather was so cold youngsters could walk, skate and even DRIVE across the River Dee when it froze over during The Big Freeze.

Amazing flashback video from 1963 shows when Chester was so cold you could DRIVE across the River Dee; Amazing clip shows youngsters 'doing the twist' on Dee in 1963

The icy spell is one of the worst since the "Big Freeze" of 2010, when the mercury plunged to as low as -20degC in parts, and Halifax Home Insurance received 2,500 claims for frozen pipes.

Britain bracing itself to battle against bitter weather

In this year's Call The Midwife Christmas special, Sister Julienne, played by Jenny Agutter, and her colleagues face quite a challenge - the Big Freeze of 1962.

FIVE MINUTES WITH..

In Call The Midwife Christmas special, the team face the Big Freeze of 1962.

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

THIS morning brought the first big freeze and parts of the country could see snow in days, as we head for the worst winter in five years.

Worst winter for five years and -11C on way; First snow in days as freezing North Pole air sweeps in

(http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/449282/20130322/sellafield-nuclear-power-plant-shut-heavy-snow.htm) Big Freeze UK: Severe Weather Forces Cumbria Nuclear Power Plant Sellafield Shutdown

Kate Middleton Braves Snow at Scout Training Camp in Cumbria [SLIDESHOW + VIDEO]

The couple, of Charlewood Road, Whitmore Park, wrote in after reading our article on the big freeze from that year.

Pregnant too Joyce cold to push!

The big freeze had seen temperatures fall as low as -19C and there were reports of 15ft snowdrifts.

Double trouble... it was the big freeze of 1963 and I had twins

THE big freeze has claimed tonight's rearranged William Hill Scottish Cup ties as its latest victim.

NO COLD COMFORT

And forecasters warned there could be a big freeze in December as bad as those in 2009 and 2010.

Colder than Moscow; Warning as winter grips Scotland

Summary: The UK is expecting another arctic blast of snow, as the big freeze shows no sign of melting away.