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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 16, 2009
well done vip
yes the thames froze for 14 weeks
and again as little back as 1962-63
points tonight
any QIs gladly accepted
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bobstafford Posted Jul 16, 2009
Good I am glad Vip got that 
14 weeks was the first time in 1410, it was also fourteen weeks, Europe was in the grip of a mini ice age. But the thames only became frozen as the river flowed somewhat slower then.
The frost fairs started in the 1600's and Henry VIII and Elizabeth I visited them.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jul 16, 2009
I got a few more questions brewing. 
I'll let you know when they are done. 
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 17, 2009
SCORES
vip +3 correct thames freezing
mala +1 DGI 13 week seasons
bob +1 big freeze
me 
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