On 22 Mar 2015, at 10:14, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > [...] > The only thing I can think of is the infamous pea-souper fogs that used > to happen in London pre-WW2 ? > They continued right into the 1960s until the Clean Air Act of 1965 and beyond. The Great Smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people in 4 days.
I have very vivid memories of our return here from Singapore in the winter of 64/65 and being utterly horrified at how horrible, dirty, grey, smelly, damp and dark this country was, and how much like maggots the people looked with pallid, unhealthy white skin. > Or is it the idea that it is always raining here therefore grey skies? > [...] > So, just curious as to where the idea that England is grey. According to the French we have 2 seasons: light grey sky, and dark grey sky. > > A nation full of clerical grey office workers? ;-) > That's true.. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
