your comments
Sam Radford, Aberystwyth
I was born in January 13th 1982 in Treddol It took the ambulance 4 hours to reach us and 6 hours to move myself and my mother to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth. I was nicely tucked up warm in ambulance coats and turkey foil!!!! What a way to come in to the world eh?!!!
Thu Aug 27 09:55:12 2009
Sue Hutchinson, Rhayader then
It was -15 0C at mid day in our porch.We got a week off school and spent the whole time sledging it was brilliant.Most of the children of Rhayader were on the hill past Bryterion. Even at 14 I knew that this was something special that would probably never happen again.
Thu Jan 8 09:51:12 2009
Fran, Leeds
I was born!
Sat Feb 10 11:22:17 2007
nathan davies from pendine,carmarthenshire
I wish i was there. My mum and dad were there but I wasn`t. My dad can remember when he woke up he looked out the window and it was covered with snow it was up to the stop signs.my aunti and my dad went down pendine hill on a sledge he says it was wicked in those times.
Fri Feb 9 10:34:11 2007
Carl from Swansea
I wish i was there! sounded awesome with all that snow! but i can imagine how difficult it was to live in those conditions and to work around them. My parents were there during this, and the only reason im commenting on this is because it snowed last night and is quite bad, but no where as bad as 1982.
Wed Mar 1 09:36:20 2006
Nick, Llancynfelin
It was a magical experience to look outside my farmhouse bedroom window and discover that both the cars were completely buried in snow. We had to walk through ten foot snow-drifts to get to the the local shops some five miles away. Memories!!!
Mon Nov 14 11:27:49 2005
Sonny Durai
I remember January 1982 in Aberystwyth - we were stranded in the snow.
Wed Jun 29 16:06:16 2005
Sonny Durai
I remember January 1982 in Aberystwyth we were stranded in the snow
Wed Jun 29 16:05:36 2005
Nigel from Builth Wells
I remember waking to find the snow drifted half way up the windows! Spending all day digging through 6ft of snow with my father to get out to the fields to check for burried sheep! But most of all the 1.5m walk to work and the frozen feet! It seemed to last for ever.
Tue Jun 7 12:56:52 2005
Sarah from Nottingham
(but her heart is in Llandrindod Wells) I remember opening the backdoor and climbing up the snowdrift to walk across the garden and hedges to the field at the back of our house. Our cat followed, jumping from one footstep to another disappearing each time. Happy memories!
Thu Feb 24 18:07:58 2005
nick from swansea
I remember waking up and the snow was as high as the ground floor window sills of our house, I also remember school being closed and having to walk to the dairy to fetch milk as no cars could move.the most i remember was how everyone helped eachover through the bad weather
Tue Jul 13 01:32:59 2004
Dave Smith from Aberystwyth
I am the one of the sons of the woman who was airlifted from Machynlleth on January 9th 1982, as remembered by Maureen Hughes. Does anyone have any more memories/photographs/newspaper clippings?
(Get in touch if you've got more information - Mid Wales Web Team)
Wed Apr 28 19:53:14 2004
Cara from Borth
my grandad said that he remembered the snow when it was 6ft high!!!! he said you could walk over hedges!!!! COOL!!!!!
Tue Apr 20 10:22:22 2004
Mark from Merthyr Tydfil
I remember the cars on my street were completly submerged under snow drifts, all that was visible were gently undulating white slopes. The drifts were touching bedroom window-sills in parts of Dowlais. Those conditions prevailed for an entire month.
Wed Jan 14 12:39:27 2004
Gwyn from Aberystwyth
I remember Aberystwyth harbour being frozen over. The prom was completely blocked and there was snow covering the beach to the water line. Children were coming down Great Darkgate Street (Aber's main shopping street) on sledges!
Tue Jan 6 12:01:09 2004
Harry Hayfield from Ffos-y-ffin, Ceredigion
During the winter of 1982, I recorded on a max / min thermomter an unoffical daytime high of -18°C (0°F) and an unoffical nighttime low of -23°C (-10°F)
Fri Jan 2 12:04:15 2004
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In January 1982, Mid Wales experienced some of the worst snowstorms this century. Towns and villages were cut off, power lines were down and there was severe drifting. 
