IT was nice seeing the pictures of the River Ouse frozen (April 27). But in January 1940 ice on the Ouse was thick enough to walk on.

I was married on January 31, 1940 and my husband-to-be and I walked from Lendal Bridge to the footbridge near the railway. I'm sad we never took a photo.

Mrs M Turner,

Wilton Rise,

Holgate,

York.

Updated: 10:22 Thursday, May 03, 2001