Portland Bill fishermen who fished in cold winter of 1963

Just looking at the images, which have been shared by Ted Toop, is enough to make you feel cold!

It is believed they were heading out to catch mullet and it is thought that those in the pictures are: Stood by hut, L-R. Tom Cheney, Des Godden, Derek Godden, Terry Gould, Nobby Clark, Frank Hill.

Stood by the hut Clearing the net L-R. Terry Gould,Nobby Clark, Tom Cheney, Des Godden, Derek Godden.

Clearing the net One reader remembers: "This was the Boxing Day, when the bad weather started.

"We were with Vick Charles at the Boot Inn, and we were the only workers to make it back to Ilkeston in Derbyshire, where we lived in a little caravan!

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"Those were the days. I expect someone could put names to this hardy group of men."

You can spot the famous red crane in the background of one of the photos.

The fishermen using the Red Crane at Portland Bill

Vanessa Godden has spotted her father-in-law Ivor mending one of the nets.

She says: "I miss him. He was one of a kind."

Another fishermen recognised is Tom Cheney, who is wearing a bobble hat and a light coloured scarf or polo neck jumper.

Mr Toop recalls: "These were the good old days, all these mullet and I don't like mullet because they hung around the sewer discharges."

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"It was so cold the fish were floating," Vic Pomeroy says.

He said of that winter: "The snow was on the ground right into March. Weymouth was cut off for a couple of weeks as was Portesham, food was delivered by helicopters from Portland to the outlying areas. The snow totally filled the arch under the railway bridge at the end of Dorchester Road."

Pat Barber says of that winter: "I lived near the town centre in Weymouth and often walked a couple of miles to visit family and friends, but I don't remember great snowy weather really - but as fit teenagers we were able to get about ok."

The first batch of these lovely old photos used to be displayed on the wall of the Eight Kings pub on Portland.