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Stratford-upon-Avon weather reports

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Papers relating to research into the severe winter of 1947 undertaken by Philip Spinks. These include photocopies of the meteorological reports, under the Agricultural Scheme, taken at the Grassland Information Station, Drayton, Old Stratford, for the months of January - June 1947. Details recorded include daily maximum and minimum temperatures and humidity, wind force and direction and general remarks as to the weather. Also included are 8 letters, in response to a request for information published in the Stratford Herald, recounting memories of the severe winter of 1947.