The frozen river Wye in the early 1960s. Photo: Ken Joel THE weather has been relatively mild this winter, with only a few truly frosty mornings in Herefordshire so far. But back in the 1960s, it was a different story entirely, with temperatures so low that the river Wye froze over. Ken Joel, a member of our We Grew Up in Hereford Facebook group, shared this picture of the frozen river near the Old Bridge in Hereford. The photograph, taken by his father, Frank Joel, predates the construction of the Greyfriars Bridge and is believed to date from the winter of 1962-1963, when the ice on the river was reported to be more than a foot thick, and strong enough to walk on.