Anyway you think of it, these long periods of cooling pretty much sucked for everyone. (hubpages.com)
-- and don't forget the warming in the latter part of the 20th century only lasted for 22 years due to decreased cloud cover following on from a 30 year period of cooling. (scienceofdoom.com)
However, this followed an earlier period of cooling during the 1940s - 1970s. (globalwarmingsolved.com)