The summer of 1976 saw the UK experience a heatwave, with a temperature of at least 32 degrees every day for 15 days. To celebrate what has been dubbed ‘the best summer ever’ we’d like to see your photos and hear your memories from that time.
In 1976, the average house price was £12,704. The average wage was £72 a week. A pint of milk?? cost 32p. A loaf of bread was 19p. Half the population owned a telephone, by which I mean a landline. In January, the first commercial Concorde flight had taken off. Underdogs Southampton FC had just beat Manchester United in the FA Cup Final. Earlier in the year, John Curry won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. If you were British, you were a winner.
For 15 consecutive days, between 23 June and 7 July, the temperature reached 32.2C somewhere in England. On five days, the temperature exceeded 35C. Parts of south-west England went with no rain for 45 days in July and August.
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