The notorious winter of 1963 is always up there as one of the most memorable. It was the year which saw massive snow drifts and the rare event of the sea freezing over.
The winter of 1947 is described as being the hardest in living memory, some readers remembered the bitterly cold winds which swept the region. And in more recent times, the winter of 2009-2010 which was recognised as being the coldest in decades. Other notable times were in the 70s and 80s. These great archive pictures remind us of Preston’s coldest years.
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And this tractor makes light work of the snow, motoring past snow covered in Burscough in 2010
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This picture taken by Bob Nelson in 2010 shows a scene not many will see during their lifetime - Preston Docks iced over and covered in snow
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This picture, while not strictly taken in Lancashire, shows a milkman still delivers the pintas during heavy snow in Wigan in January 1986. This picture is included because it is a winter I remember vividly, aged eight, but wasn't mentioned by readers