The heatwave of 1976

[Salty.]

Vimto jubblys

 

[york away to this!]

I was 10/11, last summer after primary school. Baking hot for months!

Collecting hot molten tar from the bridge up the road - and getting the bonus of cat's eyes, our dog had puppies that I helped to deliver - the last one was dead. A random, tame magpie turned up in our garden for a while and stole a miniature harmonica that I had. Fecker hid it in next door but one's gutter.

general famous five type nonsense...

 

[Number 1 is Colin Bell]

Summer 76? Wasn't that the year Creme Brulee released their Just Desserts album?

 

[Barcon]

 

[scotty123]

Its been lovely for the last 3 days, if I remember correctly this is how the heatwave of 76 started, the second half of March was glorious then come April, BOOM, the temperature shot up

 

[Chancy Termites]

Its been lovely for the last 3 days, if I remember correctly this is how the heatwave of 76 started, the second half of March was glorious then come April, BOOM, the temperature shot up

And we won the league cup

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Its been lovely for the last 3 days, if I remember correctly this is how the heatwave of 76 started, the second half of March was glorious then come April, BOOM, the temperature shot up

Probably false memory syndrome here for me, but didn't it snow in June 1976?

 

[alib]

I guess many of the younger members on here don't remember the summer of 76. We'd beaten Newcastle in the February with goals from Tueart and Barnes plus great performances from Royle, Doyle, Watson etc. From then on the sun just kept on shining and for June and July it was in the 80's for about a month, it was unbelievable.

On the telly we had Reggie Perrin, When the Boat Comes in and Swap shop. At the cinema it was One flew over the cuckoos nest, All the Presidents Men, Taxi Driver and Rocky. House Prices were on average £12k, petrol 76p a gallon, inflation 16% and interest rates 14%. Carter had replaced Gerard Ford as President in the US and Harold WIlson had handed over to Jim Callaghan.

Musically it was Rod Stewart, Elton, Queen, Abba, Bruce, Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in the charts plus ELO. However Punk was arriving in the form of Anarchy in the UK from the Pistols and New Rose from the Damned.

CIty were steadily improving the team and a couple of years later we should have won the league but finished runners up to Liverpool.

However apart from a trophy for City the standout feature of 76 was the incredible weather. Any other blues with memories of that year !!!

I was 19 in 1976.

My Brother saw David Bowie at Wembley, whilst I had to trudge up and over Wasdale Head, Great Gable and Scarfell Pike, best part of 30 miles, for work.

Happy memories, loads of drinking, a bit of shagging, work was fantastic. I didn't live at home earning good money for the time with no commitments. Saw many bands of the era.

If I could go back in time via a time machine it would be to 1973-1979 the halcyon years of Mr Ed.....

Are you a shepherd?

 

[tidyman]

Its been lovely for the last 3 days, if I remember correctly this is how the heatwave of 76 started, the second half of March was glorious then come April, BOOM, the temperature shot up

Probably false memory syndrome here for me, but didn't it snow in June 1976?

See my post near the start of the thread if you can be bothered. ( I also aways thought that. But it was '75. )

 

[scotty123]

Its been lovely for the last 3 days, if I remember correctly this is how the heatwave of 76 started, the second half of March was glorious then come April, BOOM, the temperature shot up

Probably false memory syndrome here for me, but didn't it snow in June 1976?

Yep, on June 2nd 76 it snowed mostly in the Midlands and the Peak District, a cricket match was cancelled at Buxton Derbyshire
Michael Fish at the time said it was a freak event of nature