From the archive: Winter and rough weather

Janet Scott continues her series of selections from the world war one archive of the Friend

by Janet Scott 24th February 2017

1917 began with a severe winter. At Sidcot, the Quaker school in North Somerset, the thermometer registered three degrees Fahrenheit. It was the coldest it had been for twenty-two years and provided an opportunity for a bit of fun for the students, as the Friend reported in its pages in the issue of 16 March:

This has been accompanied by snow, and some afternoons of good tobogganing have been enjoyed.