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  1. Much belated reply to this message that I found just recently. I was in the U.S. Air Force, living/stationed in the UK at the time this blizzard took place. It is one snow I will never forget. I was at RAF Croughton, which is about 30 miles north of Oxford. If I remember correctly, the stated average snowfall for our area was 18 inches.I remember many people not being able to make it in to work for a couple of days. Us who lived on or near the base had to cover all 24/7 shifts until the roads could be cleared. I remember a joint effort between local government and some help from RAF Croughton and RAF Upper Heyford in plowing/clearing the roads in the area. I vividly remember snow banks sometimes as much as 6 feet high, if not more, on both sides of the road. It felt like driving through a tunnel.I remember walking to work and going through snow as high as waist-deep in some areas. It was like nothing I had ever seen.We had also had a pretty sizeable snow in December of 1981, only a few weeks before the big one of January 8/9 (I think) of 1982. I think the December snow may have been 6" or maybe 8" deep. I saw one post where someone mentioned that snow as well.I have some photos from both the December 1981 and January 1982 snows. But I don't have anything as profound as are some of these others I've seen posted here.Thanks for sharing these photos and memories.These are from December 1981 and/or January 1982. I'm not 100% sure of which:
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