| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. 21:31 - Jul 18 with 1496 views | BlueBadger |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 21:37 - Jul 18 with 1436 views | MattinLondon |
Sort of related and sort of not. The hottest day of the 76 heatwave would rank number 12 in this country’s hottest ever recorded days. Also, during the 1976 heatwave deaths were up by 30% and were due to heat. |  | | |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 21:38 - Jul 18 with 1413 views | BlueBadger |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 21:37 - Jul 18 by MattinLondon |
Sort of related and sort of not. The hottest day of the 76 heatwave would rank number 12 in this country’s hottest ever recorded days. Also, during the 1976 heatwave deaths were up by 30% and were due to heat. |
And, like now, there was a surge on demand for hospital beds. | |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 23:30 - Jul 18 with 1249 views | Churchman |
I remember the 1976 heatwave well. It wasn’t so much the extreme temperature we are getting at the moment, but the duration, which was months. Here is a summary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_British_Isles_heat_wave
Personally, I had a really good summer that year. |  | | |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 23:50 - Jul 18 with 1219 views | jeera |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 21:37 - Jul 18 by MattinLondon |
Sort of related and sort of not. The hottest day of the 76 heatwave would rank number 12 in this country’s hottest ever recorded days. Also, during the 1976 heatwave deaths were up by 30% and were due to heat. |
You're missing the point.
If you died in those days you just got on with things.
None of this bedwetting nonsense when you died in them days. |  |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 00:42 - Jul 19 with 1126 views | Illinoisblue |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 23:30 - Jul 18 by Churchman |
I remember the 1976 heatwave well. It wasn’t so much the extreme temperature we are getting at the moment, but the duration, which was months. Here is a summary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_British_Isles_heat_wave
Personally, I had a really good summer that year. |
I was only 5 but vaguely recall it being hot as were on holiday in Cornwall. |  |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 08:46 - Jul 19 with 877 views | Guthrum |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 00:42 - Jul 19 by Illinoisblue |
I was only 5 but vaguely recall it being hot as were on holiday in Cornwall. |
I was a couple of years older and can remember very hot days in the back garden, with the screaming of the swifts.
Can also remember the summer phenomenon of great plumes of smoke around the countryside from stubble burning and the smell of ash on the breeze. While spectacular, probably good that has disappeared. |  |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 10:06 - Jul 19 with 797 views | STYG |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 23:50 - Jul 18 by jeera |
You're missing the point.
If you died in those days you just got on with things.
None of this bedwetting nonsense when you died in them days. |
Exactly.
Nowadays when people die they are straight onto Twitter to moan about it the bloody snowflakes.
Really selfish of them to bang on about their own demise when people just want to follow Love Island. |  | | |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 12:11 - Jul 19 with 759 views | Illinoisblue |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 08:46 - Jul 19 by Guthrum |
I was a couple of years older and can remember very hot days in the back garden, with the screaming of the swifts.
Can also remember the summer phenomenon of great plumes of smoke around the countryside from stubble burning and the smell of ash on the breeze. While spectacular, probably good that has disappeared. |
The Screaming of the Swifts is a movie waiting to be made | |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 12:16 - Jul 19 with 745 views | Swansea_Blue |
All right, no need to get in a flap about it. |  |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 12:23 - Jul 19 with 725 views | Vic |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 21:37 - Jul 18 by MattinLondon |
Sort of related and sort of not. The hottest day of the 76 heatwave would rank number 12 in this country’s hottest ever recorded days. Also, during the 1976 heatwave deaths were up by 30% and were due to heat. |
I was just into my teens and remember that my cricket ‘square’ in the garden went completely bare - much to fathers annoyance. Not a blade of green anywhere. I also had those girlie saddles with a strap over the top - the soles melted when I was fishing, and my feet got a wonderful patterned sunburn.
Plus side was that there were no water meters on the farm in lived on and we had the hose on all day on the veg patch (and in the paddling pool - no fancy garden swimming pools in those days) so there’s was always water to cool down in.
Plus I was a kid without a care in the world. Wonderful days. |  |
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| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 12:25 - Jul 19 with 723 views | Bluish |
| Meanwhile, in 'wE sUrViVeD 76' news. on 00:42 - Jul 19 by Illinoisblue |
I was only 5 but vaguely recall it being hot as were on holiday in Cornwall. |
I would have been five too. Memories of my dad finishing the building of our new home at the weekends, whilst I amused myself on the building site. Not sure this would be allowed to happen now. |  | | |
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