We watched the programme about the winter of 62/63. I can only remember bits of it now, mainly tobogganing down the railway embankment outside my house at night in the night. We had a small street light so it wasn't too dark.
Great fun! Wearing 2 pullovers and 2 pairs of jeans, wellies and a balaclava. The embankment was full of ant hills so it was a bit of a slalom course. If you hit one the toboggan stopped but we carried on down the slope on our rears. A clear run meant that we would end up in the ditch at the bottom which was full of brambles. It was fun and we stayed out for hours, we didn't mind the cold.