The notorious winters of 1963 came up again and again. It was the year which saw massive snow drifts and the rare event of the sea freezing over off the Fylde Coast. 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 1981 and the mid 1950s. These photos show some of the most memorable winters on record with readers' memories. Which winter do you remember as being a cold one? Email Claire Lark In case you missed it: Blackpool 1979 LOVE LANCASHIRE? LOVE NOSTALGIA visit our Facebook page Lancashire Nostalgia
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A policeman skis through the streets during a heavy snowfall in the 1980s
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Stranded - a tram comes to an unoffical stop in 1981
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The scene in a Blackpool street following a heavy fall of snow in January 1940. Clearing the snow was everyone's job before they could get out
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Digging out on Newton Drive Blackpool, February 2 1940
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We hardly see these kinds of scenes nowadays - snow piled high on the beach in Blackpool, 1963.Clive Joyner remembers being on the beach and the surf had frozen
12. Fylde's coldest winters
Church Street, 1952, taken from the balcony of the Winter Gardens. Margaret Knowles remembers the winter of 1955. She said: "We made an igloo on spare ground in our street. It was there frozen for about three weeks, loved being inside!"