Your memories of Sunderland's Big Freeze of 1963 - the year you walked to school in the deep snow
It snowed for weeks but you just got on with your daily life. That’s what Sunderland Echo readers told us when we asked for your memories of the winter of 1963.
And here are just some of the recollections you shared with us on social media – from walking to school in the deep snow to taking a driving test and even doing the paper round!
Our thanks go again to Philip Curtis and the Sunderland Antiquarian Society for their help with photos and details of a winter to remember.
Thanks to you too for sharing your own memories. Take a look at what you had to say and why not enjoy some more dramatic snow scenes from 1963.
Our thanks go again to Philip Curtis and the Sunderland Antiquarian Society for their help with photos and details of a winter to remember.
5. Drifts higher than the cars
Think you've got it bad? Look at the drifts that drivers faced in 1963. Edward Stokoe remembered that children still had to walk to school. "They did not close the schools and I had to walk through all the snow." Photo: se
Police officers on duty in Ettrick Grove in the winter of 1963. Lynn Craggs reminisced that children played in the snow and used dustbin lids as sledges if they didn't have a proper sledge of their own. Photo: Bill Hawkins
Pictured on the Sunderland-Durham road. Tony Gatt said: "I was thirteen. Had a paper round before and after school. Never thought anything about it at the time. It's what you did." Photo: se
A digger battles against the huge drifts on the outskirts of Sunderland. Sheila Graham said: "Remember trying to get from Penshaw to Murton with groceries for my parents. Had to turn back when nearly at the Station. Fortunately Mam always kept a good pantry." Photo: se