The Mother of all Bristols.
Greenbank Cemetery Bristol, U.K.. Gateway and cottage home of my cousin Janet and her partner Steve, I was born and grew up in Bristol, U.K.: - “The Mother of all Bristols”. So I retain a great affection for my native City, situated as it is in the south west of England, with its population of 433.080 ( in a metropolitan area of more than a million people). It rarely snows in Bristol, thanks to the benevolent influence of the Gulf Stream. Yesterday (17th January 2013) Bristol was visited with a huge snowfall - some 6” in all!. It was enough to paralyze the city – buses and trains did not run, the airport was temporarily closed, and schools were closed. There was a bright side. This “blizzard” enabled 321,892 Bristolians (give or take a few hundred thousand) to get out into the open air and take photo’s, for the sole purpose of posting said pictures on “Facebook”. (lol) I jest too much! H...