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Snow in London, Finally!
February 2009
At Home
We were lucky this winter to experience the greatest snowfall in living memory in London. Public transport ceased, businesses were closed and everyone enjoyed an afternoon of childish behaviour in our local parks. As one of our neighbours commented… "I haven't seen Londoners being this civil toward each other for nigh on twenty years!"
The snow fall at night...
...and our street the morning after
Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was originally constructed for the Great Exhibition, a massive steel and glass building created in London's Hyde Park in 1851. Three years later it was moved to the area now called Crystal Palace where it was destroyed by fire in 1936. All that is left now is one of the world's first theme parks.
A duck braves the frozen lake
Snowy enjoys the remnants of his namesake
Former site of the Crystal Palace
A Sphinx remains to guard the Crystal Palace
