[identity profile] gurthaew.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
I went to university in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. As I remember the dress code for men was a sports jacket over a thin shirt buttoned up almost as far as the neck. This applied in Summer and Winter with the option to do up one button on the jacket if it got cold. Women's dress started with miniskirts which were compulsory for teenagers on a Friday night.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
There was a "Guide to the weather" doing the rounds a few years back. It was along the lines of:
-20C: clubbers in Newcastle put a jumper on
-30C: housewives in Shetland stop putting the washing out
-40C: Norwegian army cancels winter manoeuvres because it's too warm.
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[identity profile] el-staplador.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Holy reptilian diabetic coma, Batman!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
I like it :-)

[identity profile] frandowdsofa.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
They are so wonderful, I've been waiting to see what they'd do this year. Thanks for pointing it out!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
My pleasure :-)

(But did you read that this is the last one they're doing? :-( )
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[identity profile] frandowdsofa.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
The last LOTR/Hobbit one - he promises something different for next year ...

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'd missed that! :-)

[identity profile] muuranker.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
He is, indeed, magnificent!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't he just!

Have you had to go into work today, or not?

[identity profile] muuranker.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Not yet, which means they all got in, and got the alarm off. The next test is whether there are problems setting the alarm later this afternoon ....

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I shall keep my fingers crossed!