Snow joke!

A few centimetres of snow and London grinds to a halt. It wasn't even unexpected. Time was our local authorities would have had the roads cleared - trunk routes, bus routes and even suburban side roads - in time for people to set off for work.

In 1947, when there was just too much snow, buses ran with their wheels level with the tops of hedges, travelling on several feet of hard-packed snow on country routes. Trains got through, people went to work ; such a contrast with today's feeble efforts.