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Title: 1976
Post by: Ashy on July 17, 2022, 07:09:41 PM
1976 is the year the sun came out in summer. As well as houses falling down where the ground opened up, aerosols exploded on the shelves of hairdressers.

Nobody panicked.

Winter returned as normal afterwards.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Raven on July 17, 2022, 07:19:31 PM
It sure will, along with huge heating bills.  :boo:
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Michael Rolls on July 17, 2022, 08:14:47 PM
so true
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: -Oy- on July 17, 2022, 08:35:38 PM
1976 was mid 30's at most. This is low 40s - quite a difference.

Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Ashy on July 17, 2022, 09:44:51 PM
It all depends where you measure it and what you measure it with.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: GrannyMac on July 17, 2022, 10:35:51 PM
Its a pity we can't store this warmth and hoard it for winter.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Michael Rolls on July 18, 2022, 04:09:48 AM
if only!
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: klondike on July 18, 2022, 09:03:45 AM
Quote from: -Oy- on July 17, 2022, 08:35:38 PM1976 was mid 30's at most. This is low 40s - quite a difference.


The 1976 heatwave lasted a couple of weeks continuously though rather than just a couple of days - quite a difference too and I'd suggest a more significant one.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Ashy on July 18, 2022, 10:28:12 AM
Other things happened in 1976. What a year that was. Pol Pot came to power with his great reset agenda, Legionnaires' Disease was discovered, I danced at Scamps Disco, and Denis Howell was appointed minister of droughts by the prime minister, James Callaghan.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Michael Rolls on July 18, 2022, 10:29:29 AM
whereupon, if I remember correctly, it rained! Inspired appointment!
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Ashy on July 18, 2022, 10:31:24 AM
I think it took a few rain dances and shared baths first, then the climate finally got the message.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Ashy on July 18, 2022, 10:47:41 AM
Early in the year we had unprecedented hurricanes, Concorde started commercial flights, and sadly  production of the Hillman Imp ended.

Britain was at war with Iceland and the IRA, nobody had heard of the Falkland Islands, and we bought our gas from the gas board.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: klondike on July 18, 2022, 11:37:43 AM
Quote from: Ashy on July 18, 2022, 10:47:41 AMand sadly  production of the Hillman Imp ended.

I had two. Proof that I am the eternal optimist.  :grin:
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Ashy on July 18, 2022, 12:33:48 PM
Then Fords built one round the other way and called it the Fiesta.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Jacqueline on July 18, 2022, 01:33:25 PM
I remember we had a holiday in Wales (we were living in north London still then) in 1976.  We spent every day on the beach, we didn't leave until it was getting dark it was lovely, but I really don't remember it being so hot as it is now, or maybe it's because I was younger and didn't feel it so much.
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Michael Rolls on July 18, 2022, 01:47:24 PM
probably a bit of both - I had no problems with 43C (whilst wearing a suit!) in Madrid 19 years ago, but don't think that I would fancy it now
Mike
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: klondike on July 18, 2022, 01:54:20 PM
Quote from: Jacqueline on July 18, 2022, 01:33:25 PMor maybe it's because I was younger and didn't feel it so much.


This
Title: Re: 1976
Post by: Floydy on July 18, 2022, 05:38:05 PM
76? Remember it well, saw more camel toe than an egyptian vet...  :embarrassed: