Following an night of nothing more than a light dusting of snow, many Rhondda folk are flooding social media with old photos showing scenes of heavy snow fall from 1982, and claiming the photos were from today.
The scam was dreamt up by a man from Ferndale who fancied a few days off work. Richard Mussell from Elm Street told my Rhondda News that he only meant to send the photo to his boss, which showed Elm Street during the record snow fall of 1982, but instead he made the post public. Then everybody who saw it had the same idea, “It’s absolutely ridiculous really,” said Richard, “it went viral.”
Band Wagon
It didn’t take long for the trend to spread, and people from Maerdy to Ynyshir and Blaen-Rhondda to Tonypandy were soon going through old photo albums looking for old snow photos to send to their bosses. Rhondda Facebook groups were amass of snow photos, all aimed at fooling employers into giving people the day off.
Jeff Gates, who runs a second hand shop in Porth told my Rhondda News, “There wasn’t a flake of snow in Porth, but my shop assistant Mary, from Blaenllechau, told me she couldn’t get the car out of her street. She sent me a photo of the snow, it looked a bit old and grainy, but I thought nothing of it at the time.”
School’s Out
It’s estimated that over 2500 people from the Rhondda didn’t go into work today and yesterday all claiming it was due to snow and ice. The caretaker of a Rhondda school even sent old snow photos to the headteacher, who live in Tongwynlais, fooling her to close the school for the days.
A professor from Cardiff Business School told us, “People from Pontypridd and Cardiff have for years found it hard to believe that the Rhondda can get so much snow while they don’t get a single snow flake, but now it looks like the truth is finally out. They’ve been lying all this time.”
My Rhondda News 
That’s not a photo from 1982! They have coloured double glazing!
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Yes it is. Who do you think you are, Ted Moult?
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No its not ed! The shape and amount of cars on the street tells me it’s not 82 the year I was born
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Yes it is, who do you think you are now, Jeremy Clarkson?
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Is he dead?
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Yes, Ted Moult’s dead.
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Can’t comment on the pic but as for the snow up here over weekend it as been at a stand still till today only some main roads were open
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You’re just saying that in case your boss sees this.
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It’s not a fake, zoom in on the photo, tipper trucks did look like that back in 1982. I should now.
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Well I can tell you that photo is deffo right by the shape off the cars you d.head
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So, you can’t tell the photo is deffo right by the shape of the cars. Well done. How’s your Gramma Jonny?
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it is definitely 1982 as the photos are in black and white
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Anyone old enough can tell it is not 1982. Definitely ore recent than that. The car you can see most of it a fairly recent hatchback with a high-level brakelight. The other cars have too rounded shapes. Have a look at other cars from this era. I bet these houses did not have uPVC window in 1982, with the recent more air-vents. Plus the PVC guttering and square downpipe. By the way, photos were in colour before 1982! This one has been given a sepia tint but it doesn’t fool the keener eye! Glad to have quashed this debate!
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Actually, you’ve quashed nothing, it’s obvious it’s from 1982, perhaps you should spend even longer studying the photo to make sure.
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No way that photo is from 1982.
1983 at the very latest.
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