I'm Sure It's a Repeat of the Summer of 1976

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My son was born March 1976, s hot day and I spent all summer trying to keep him cool and out of the sun. Now he is 50yr, married with sons of his own.

I remember '76 and the slogan "Save water, bath with a friend!"

Remember that summer well . My first holiday with my boyfriend . Later became my husbsnd . St David's camping . Good job we had the inter tent closed as we think a fox got in the outer tent and knocked over the cool box and went off with half a cooked chicken but left the foil behind . 😀 ..
We couldn't afford a tent with ground sheet sewn in.

Remember 1977 as well went to Tintagel( cant think how it is spelt) it was hot then we where on camp site high above the sea on a slight slope. Spend lot of time in a pub with flag stones build in the 1600's drinking during the day lemon and lime and of a night larger and lime..

1983 June when my daughter was born was boiling hot
hard job keeping the babies cool.

I asked AI if we might see a repeat of the swarms of ladybirds that happened in 1976 during the heatwave - they said no, sadly because farming practices have reduced populations. I remember banks of dead ladybirds on the shoreline along with the seaweed.

We had banks of ladybirds here in our block of flats earlier this summer. Was very odd and quite unpleasant.

The winter of 1975/76 was exceptionally dry which meant that reservoirs were only part full at the start of the hot summer of 1976 so there were shortages.
Last winter was very wet so the reservoirs should have been much fuller at the start of this summer. However, a lot of water is lost through leaks.