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Given Britons' unending preoccupation with the elements, it's not surprising that
Topical Budget should have had an eye for a good weather story. This item, from
March 1925, shows a New York suffering a spectacular cold spell: telephone lines
sag from the weight of snow, while passenger ferries struggle through
semi-frozen waters. Typically, Topical Budget accentuates the positive - "Enough
ter 'freeze yer marrer'!", reads one title, while later shots depict New Yorkers
making the best of the situation with ski-jumping and ice-skating. To the relief
of TB and Londoners, the cold front never made it across the Atlantic, but
four years later, London experienced a deep freeze of its own, as documented in
Topical's 'Arctic London' (1929).
Mark Duguid
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