Hi again dec! Yes I remember a couple of quite bad years in the early 80's when conditions were freezing.

I remember one year in particular we had just sat down for our evening meal when there was a knock at the front door....
A neighbour had a burst pipe could my OH just 'have a quick look' so , leaving his dinner in the oven off he went. 10 miutes later another neighbour knocked our door and I said he was already across the road so the neighbour went over and got him!!! This carried on and off most of the week!!!

So many neighbours...so many burst pipes!!!!