IN this edition of nostalgia, we are looking back at snowy scenes in and around Whitehaven in January 1978.

The snow and ice caused trouble on West Cumbrian roads during January 1978. It was the first real snow of the winter with falls between one and three inches. One picture shows a scene viewed from Mill Hill, Cleator Moor looking back towards Keekle Terrace with Hensingham in the background.

The council employees worked day and night gritting roads to try to alleviate the situation

Across the country, snow fell as storms hit across January. On the 12th, severe gales swept southwards as a low deepened causing a storm surge and flooding to many east coastal areas. There were snowfalls further north which affected Cumbria.

There was a short lived settled spell before another cold pool of air sank southwards bringing snowfalls and under the clear skies, freezing fog patches

On the 19th, Atlantic systems pushed in from the west and this engaged with the colder air producing extensive snowfalls which were prolong in the north, Glasgow airport recorded 17cm of lying snow.

There was then a short period of cold as Atlantic systems pushed in from the west with colder air.

On the 28th, a depression deepened over the UK producing a severe blizzard across the far north of Scotland causing widespread chaos, trapping motorists, train travellers and cutting off villages.

Whitehaven, Cleator Moor, Ennerdale and Egremont were all affected in the pictures, and other areas not pictured also felt the cold surge.