WITH winter fast approaching, most of us will be hoping that the weather is not as cold as shown in our latest flashback picture.

Even if, as the doom-mongers prophesy, this is going to be the worst winter for 50 years, it seems unlikely that the river will freeze over sufficiently to allow ice-skating, as some of the hardy souls here seem about to attempt.

The picture has been kindly supplied by the Ludlow Museum and Resource Centre.