What a winter that was and you told us all about it.What a winter that was and you told us all about it.
What a winter that was and you told us all about it.

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.