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My youngest son was born in 1976 and I also had a 20 month old toddler, the heat was relentless day in day out. Baby used to lay on a thick towel (too hot for a nappy) Covered with a net and parasol for shade. When I went shopping to the local market the traders used to sing a current song then ' The Streaker' referring to baby's nudity - happy days

I lived on an old sailing boat in Cornwall. It was wonderful living on the water and going to work and up the pub by dinghy.

I was 13 then but can only remember the summer school holidays & being in the park every single day. Unlike now I was clearly not bothered by heat back then. Now I can barely drag up the energy to leave the house in high temps.

No - I'm too young!

I was living in Amsterdam at the time during a 2 year tour of Europe. It was certainly hot over there. It was the same year that clock on Big Ben stopped. Lost count of the number of times that some of my Dutch friends kept saying 'Bing Bing' to me in reference to the clock having stopped.

I remember being in Jersey on a family holiday, I was 12! We went on a day trip to Sark, & I got sunstroke!! I spent the next 2 days in bed getting over it.

I remember this year,because my son had started school,and the school run was seriously hot

I was 24 and living in Cardiff, working in a hotel near the arms park. I'd never been abroad and remember thinking this must be what it's like in Spain. They didn't have air con so it was sweltering. Must say though I'd welcome that weather back now

Lovely sunny days on the beach - I was a schoolchild and just the right age to make the most of it! Our summer 'staycation' that year meant what seemed like endless days swimming, building sandcastles and having fun...

I turned 11 during the heatwave of '76 and remember spending everyday at the beach with my friends, setting off after breakfast with a bottle of pop, crisps and a sandwich. If we were lucky being given a couple of bob to spend. Also remember the news being full of pictures of dried up reservoirs and people queuing at standpipes

A rare weekend away without children (courtesy Mum & sister) and walking hand in hand with DH through the Forest of Dean, just prior to it being closed because of the fire risk. I remember wearing my long muslin wrap-around cotton skirt - so cool amongst the trees.

my memories are of my mum deciding she wanted crazy paving done on the front of the house and my poor dad turning lobster pink and then he used to sit in front of me in the front room and get me to peel all of the skin off his back it was shocking how burnt he got but he is still going strong at 79

Trying to revise for my a Levels and Wimbledon

A plague of ladybirds which were equally enchanting and sinister.

I remember going for a sunday drive with my Grandad and seeing the local reservoir nearly empty. I also remember the tarmac in my new school playground being so soft that I could press marbles into it with my foot.

I was 15 then and spent an endless summer at the local lido, hopping into the pool whenever it got too hot.

It was the year we got married so that year was very memorable. We lived in a tiny flat which was South facing, and a perfect place to grow tomatoes on the windowsill. I hadn't yet found a job so I used to meet my husband after work and drive to the beach with a picnic. Being the North Sea it was all you could do to dip just your toes in the water as it was surprising cold for all the blistering heat around you. It was a glorious and very happy summer.

We lived in Folkestone. I think every Londoner with a car headed for the coast. We were inundated with day trippers. Good for the economy, but hell doing the shopping (no shop online then). We survived.

i remember sunbathing in the garden while trying to revise for exams.

No I wasn't born lol

I remember having a 2 and 4 year old, who were only happy in the paddling pool.

To be in with a chance of winning a Kindle Paperwhite worth over £100 & a copy of the book, tell us - do you remember the heatwave of '76? If so, what are your memories of it? . . . . l remember it well . . . . l got married in July of that year and we went to Greece for our honeymoon, where there was no water rationing !!

Our second son was born and wore just a nappy during the day and night as it was so hot. My husband had just started a new job driving an Ice Cream van. He had to keep coming home plugging into the electric to stop the stock from melting. But at least he had lots of customers.
There was the threat of Standpipes in the street, so he started selling Buckets to make some extra money.

We lived in rural Lincolnshire and had a sceptic tank. I kept wondering if the helicopters flying around looking for people who had been watering their gardens would report us. Tried not to think too hard how come our vegetables were still doing well........

Remember it well as working night shift - 12 hour shifts. Slept outside on the grass all summer.