Now it is well and truly if," he said.Many residents also shared the excitement of snow days. "I grew up with snow on my birthday in July every year in the mountains … big snow back in the 60s, 70s, 80s," Julie Stockley Farrell said."My babies were snow babies … our Dad used to help my sister, and I build snowmen and use cardboard to go down the yard; it was awesome. "Not so much in the last few years." Linda Cooper recalled her 30-plus years living in the Blue Mountains."Our house was on Beatty Street, and we always saw snow in the winter growing up Ah, good times!"Stories west of the Blue Mountains repeat a similar sentiment."In the 70s every year came heavy dumps, snowed-in for days on end