The Wrong Kind Of Snow : The Complete Daily Companion To The British Weather :
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Publishing, 2007
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Published In 2007 : 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing : Hodder & Stoughton Publishing : This Copy Is Right At The Top Of Like New : Just Very Light Foxing To The Top Leaf Edges : Otherwise , As New Throughout : Price Clipped : Still Reasonably Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding , With Bright Clear Text & Illustrations : Overall , A Very Nice Book .
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- Title
- The Wrong Kind Of Snow : The Complete Daily Companion To The British Weather :
- Author
- Antony Woodward & Robert Penn
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Publishing
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0340937874
- ISBN 13
- 9780340937877
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 740 grams
- Seller catalogs
- Geology Books
It's the great British obsession and not surprisingly: no other country in the world has such unpredictable weather, with such power to rule people's lives as we have. The Wrong Kind of Snow is the complete daily companion to this British phenomenon. From the Spanish Armada to the invention of the windscreen wiper, each of the 365 entries beautifully illustrates a day in the weird and wonderful history of the British and their weather.
31 January: The 'Big Freeze' of 1963brings the FA Cup competition to a halt: every football pitch in Britain is frozen: the third round takes 66 days to complete: the Pools Panel is formed as a result.
9 February: 'British Rail blames the Wrong Kind of Snow' - it was a journalist's phrase, but on this day in 1991 it stuck to the beleaguered BR like flesh to ice.
15 July: The exceptionally hot and steamy summer of 1858 caused the Great Stink of London, resulting in the building of London's sewage system, still in use today. On the same day in 1930, rainfall in Yorkshire is so heavy that the Whitby lifeboat makes a rescue two miles inland.
10 September: A violent storm - rather than British sea power - defeats the Spanish Armada in1588. Four centuries later, bad light and rain stop play at the Oval . . .
And much more.
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About the Author
Antony Woodward and Robert Penn have both long been obsessed with the weather, Antony as a pilot and Rob thanks to a round the world bicycle ride.
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Sapphire Books
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