Quote Originally Posted by soulman101 View Post
Us old uns will remember 62-63 winter. No days off school you had sit in your coats and wellies, with no heating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Fy25NgXuQ
I was in my first year in college at Cheltenham during that winter. I struggled back from Stafford just after Christmas and the snow was so deep, some days we had to dig ourselves out of the Hostel door. At the beginning of March you could not see the fences on the Racecourse, and the festival was only two weeks away. However, there was a thaw and the meeting went ahead.

There was virtually no sport, and at college the only competitive outdoor activity was cross country running.. Plenty of sledging was done on the nearby Cleeve Hill, that over looks the Racecourse. The common room tubular chairs were great for that activity.