1963 was the worst most people can remember, I was 12 and I had a paper round too. Everybody in the street cleared and salted their own stretch of pavement in those days, nobody waited for the council to do anything. The local cubs and scouts were out in force making sure the old folks got their shopping and had enough to eat and enough coal to keep warm. The estate we lived in didn't get any side roads cleared and were traffic free for weeks on end, only the main road to the shops, church and school were cleared by the council. Never saw such community spirit before or since, or so many snowmen.