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  1. RAF Fylingdales and The Big Freeze of 1963

    As we batten down the hatches in preparation for Storm Isha, the more mature of you might remember the so-called 'Big Freeze of 1963', during the winter of that year. It stood as one of the coldest winters since the notorious one of 1946/7. Temperatures plummeted, leading to the freezing of lakes and rivers. The freezing temperatures persisted, with snow ...

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    #FylingdalesMoor #NorthYorkMoors #1960s #military

  2. Lilla Cross – A Tale of Loyalty and Bravery

    On a day that turned out so dreich that even a duck would not be happy, a journey to Lilla Cross on Fylingdales Moor might have seemed a good idea when we set off. No wind whistled across the heather, but instead there were faint echoes of woeful cries that must have reverberated through the centuries. From a time when Lilla, a devoted minister-cum-serva ...

    fhithich.uk/?p=32938

    #FylingdalesMoor #NorthYorkMoors #EarlyMedieval