Too early for all, unless you're rejuvenating very mature and overgrown shrubs. As for the Albertine, being a rambler it should have been pruned in September. You'll just have to stick to removing dead, diseased or damaged wood and removing the tops of flowered stems.

thanks Bamboo, I did actually cut the Albertine back in September, but the weather has been so mild it has shot up again. I will sit on my pruning shears in case I am tempted!

You could go out and tie in the new shoots on the rose though, before they toughen up with the cold, if they survive the chill.

will do. Thanks as always