minister of snow

[snowflakey]

Sorry to start a new thread on what is a silly question, but does anyone remember the government appointing a minister of snow.  I believe it was  a labour government (Harold Wilson ?).  It was a particular heavy blizzard witch effected the west county.

Thanks Pete B

[damianslaw]

6 hours ago, snowflakey said:

Sorry to start a new thread on what is a silly question, but does anyone remember the government appointing a minister of snow.  I believe it was  a labour government (Harold Wilson ?).  It was a particular heavy blizzard witch effected the west county.

Thanks Pete B

I think you may be getting confused with the appointment of a minister of drought during the summer of 1976, and it was John Callaghan who was prime minister then I think.. I'm not sure about winter 78/79, I think there was someone in charge of something to do with the cold weather - this being compounded by the dire political and economic climate at the time with mass strike action, rubbish not being collected, the dead unable to be buried etc..bleak times.

[snowflakey]

Thanks for replying to my post Damian, I did a bit of research myself and found this. I don't think it was an official office, more of a nickname.

http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/lbc/index.php/segment/0002600273021