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How community spirit came to the fore during Operation Snowdrop
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Published: 20:06, 20 January 2021
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WICK VOICES: An update on the Wick Society s online oral history project by Doreen Leith
Operation Snowdrop was the military operation to deliver food and medical supplies during the relentless snowstorm of 1955. Picture: J McDonald, Wick / Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives
One of the most severe winters in the north of Scotland was in January 1955 when heavy snowstorms led to blocked roads and deep drifts of snow. ....

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