Snow blizzard in Scotland in 1947

Shots of Kirkintilloch during a winter snowfall; its streets, park and boatyard on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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[@jthd75]

What a great video of Kirky

[@sammyspitty]

Awesome

[@gruntlesnoot]

This is wonderful!

[@djbazx1]

Great to see this footage of my home town back in the day

[@BillDFC]

1947....now that was a winter. Imagine the headlines if we had that weather now!

[@gerardrooney4366]

My parents the Rooney's lived through this winter in Scotsblair Avenue.

[@lukeeveleigh2011]

That was 31 years before I was born, and my granny was not even 20 then (although she died in 2004). I did hear about the cold winter from older people I knew. It must be hard to cope then with the war not long over. It was almost similar to this year 2012, as it was cold for February.

[@LittleMuckyMe]

Someone disliked it for being in black and white.

[@Drobium77]

Don't speak too soon :-/