The top of Forest Hill has always been a problem when there's snow.
However, I'm proud to say that in the 1960's years when I helped deliver milk to the area we never once missed a delivery because of it.

The milk float was very heavy and geared very low, so it would still manage to climb the hills. Indeed, we used to push the odd customers car up as well. The worst two roads were Westwood Park and Canonbie and going down could be more of a problem than going up!

The pavements and steps could be treacherous though, especially when your hands were full with glass milk bottles. If you slipped you didn't have a free hand to grab hold of something or steady yourself. Since there were more open fires in those days, customers would often sprinkle the ashes and cinders on their paths and steps. A decent pair of boots with a deep tread were essential.