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I recall it being hot, very hot, but I dont remember all the health warnings and alerts
Classrooms at Northgate was like ovens, so bad they let us take our ties off. Most of the school holiday was spent bike riding for some reasons 6 of us cycled to Walton on the Naze one day 'cos it had a sandy beach', playing footie or p1ssing about in sea at Felixstowe. (my mates dad worked on the docks and somehow got hold of a large tyre which we decided would be fun to play in the sea with until we realised we had floated will out beyond the pier)
I spent that summer on the building site that my parents' house was being built. Dad worked weekends to finish it and we kids played in the footings of the other new houses, climbing around diggers and stuff. I was probably wearing my Six Million Dollar Man t-shirt too.
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 09:46 - Jun 24 with 2360 views
Currently reading "Heatwave" by John Williams which is a detailed reflection of those summer months by reference to the politics and culture (especially music) of the time. I was a sixth former.
Good read and will generate a lot of nostalgia for those around at the time.
Less is more.
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 09:51 - Jun 24 with 2323 views
I was a PE student in West London. Heavily into athletics I was part of a small group who trained with someone in his preparation for the Montreal Olympics. It was so hot we went out to do track sessions at 11pm, using the streetlights running alongside the back straight. It was still HOT!!!
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 09:57 - Jun 24 with 2278 views
The big thing about 76 was the drought. We had standpipes in our street and mum would send us to queue and collect water (in old bottles) that were decanted into the bath for use during the day.
My mum was pregnant (bro born in Aug) and looking after 5 kids and my Dad, a generation when paying one of us to cut the lawn or wash the car was a man's house keeping done...
Htf she managed I'll never know though she did remind my kid bro a few times his arrival was in the hottest summer ever.
Public health messaging I remember was all about water preservation and taking showers not baths if possible.
Was doing up my first house that summer prior to getting married in the autumn. Spent so much time inside sweating the proverbials off and didn’t get much chance to enjoy the weather.
Do remember some advertising campaign about saving water by having a bath with a friend. Think that got tore to pieces by the press of the day.
Thing is it was exceptional then, it’s more regular now. (The hot weather, not having a bath with a friend)
Better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 10:13 - Jun 24 with 2196 views
I remember it well, did my first O Level in 76. Was at school in Beccles, and we had to wear blazers. During the hot weather teachers allowed us to take our blazers off. But one poor sod early in a double English lesson was chattering and told to go to the front of the class wearing his blazers, and told to kneel facing the front wall with his back to the class. He wasn’t allowed to rest his buttocks on his calves, had to kneel up straight. We were roasting sitting on chairs with our blazers off, while this lad had to suffer like that for an hour. Nowadays a teacher would be prosecuted for that. I still remember the name of the lad and teacher (who will be long dead).
76 the heat latest all summer it seemed. Water was rationed, we had stand pipes, electric supply failures, (yes nationalised industries failed then as private versions do now) although ladybirds invaded in millions. Loads smelt of BO, as we didn't have the water for baths/showers, but who cared. People also forget 75 had also been very warm, with very little rain, so you can argue it started from the summer of 75 to the summer of 76.
I had to cycle 6 miles to work. I remember the kid moaned about going to school, I told him I have to cycle 6 miles, and he would be on holiday soon for weeks, so he can fecking walk the 2 miles to school.. kids.
Kids jumping in rivers, lakes... a summer of fun.
We formed an orderly queue at the water pumps with our bottles, saucepans, anything we could carry. We just got on with it and didn't keep moaning.
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 10:46 - Jun 24 with 2101 views
Its only natural that we adapt systems and analytics over time, however, the way that heat is happening at the moment is swinging very fast. Last year wasn't so bad but for the last few it felt like we swung from winter to summer with very short periods of spring and autumn.
So, I think people are likely having a harder time getting acclimatised than you would have seen in the past.
Partially. Though I have more vivid memories of the Summer of 69. This is when I bought my first six string. Though instead of buying it from a Five and Dime, it was Woolworths.
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 11:04 - Jun 24 with 2053 views
Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 11:01 - Jun 24 by mrshallisfit
Partially. Though I have more vivid memories of the Summer of 69. This is when I bought my first six string. Though instead of buying it from a Five and Dime, it was Woolworths.
My mate Tommy used to work on the docks but when the union went on strike he was down on his luck. The five and dime was massive for him, woolworths was bougie
Reading around, it looks like the highest temperatures were in August 1976, so the schools would have been closed anyway. Plus it topped out at about 35-36c, and it's forecast to be three or four degrees hotter than that.
The schools are protecting themselves, like they do in winter with icy paths. Because I guarantee that those yelling the loudest about schools closing would be the first to be complaining and seeking compensation if their child or grandchild became ill because of the heat.
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Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 11:19 - Jun 24 with 2021 views
Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 10:46 - Jun 24 by wkj
Its only natural that we adapt systems and analytics over time, however, the way that heat is happening at the moment is swinging very fast. Last year wasn't so bad but for the last few it felt like we swung from winter to summer with very short periods of spring and autumn.
So, I think people are likely having a harder time getting acclimatised than you would have seen in the past.
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That post was going to get an uppie until you typed 'fall' instead of autumn.
Do any of you lot remember the summer of 1976? on 11:19 - Jun 24 by WeWereZombies
That post was going to get an uppie until you typed 'fall' instead of autumn.
Following considerable reflection, and after consultations with leading experts in climatology, linguistics, and several disappointed Ipswich Town supporters, I wish to offer an unreserved apology.
Earlier today, while discussing the summer of 1976 and the changing nature of the British seasons, I referred to "fall" instead of "autumn".
As a Briton, I have no excuse.
I recognise the hurt and confusion this may have caused. Many of you grew up in households where leaves fell perfectly well without requiring American terminology to describe it. To disregard that heritage was wrong.
I would like to make it clear that this was an isolated lapse in judgement. At no point have I referred to pavements as sidewalks, lifts as elevators, or biscuits as cookies. I remain committed to British values and the preservation of our seasonal vocabulary.
I have accepted full responsibility and will be undertaking a period of reflection, during which I will spend time with my family and repeatedly write the word "autumn" until confidence is restored.
I am grateful to those who held me accountable. Democracy only functions when ordinary people are prepared to deny an uppie to those who have lost their way.
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