British Summer Time!

[CliveW]

Re: Brirish Summer Time!

As i recall summer 76 did not really get going until June. It was middle june, july, august and first week or two of sept that made the records.

It actually snowed on the 1st June 1976 in Scotland. I was moving to Surrey and was driving down from Edinburgh that day to start a new job. I can remember watching the weather forecasts on TV and the forecasters struggled to think of what to say as it was the same day in, day out. Almost impossible to sleep at nights. I was flying helicopters at that time and we spent months flying without doors on. Brilliant!

 

[chipping]

Summer of 76 remember it like it was yesterday,left school at the end of May and started work on a market garden, until I started my apprenticeship in September,It did not stop raining for the first 2 weeks,then it hit, non stop sunshine,we used to cool of in the reservoir(pond)as he was the only farmer that had irrigation then.
Had the job of laying the pipes out at the end of day,alloy pipes that had been sat in the sun all day, used to burn your fingers a bit.
Good times 40 hours a week at 50p an hour took home £16 after tax, beer was 8p fags 20p and petrol 30p a gallon,bring back the 70`s.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Re: Brirish Summer Time!

Funkyfred

Where were you behind WCGC. There were some tiny offices (if memory serves) which I think some architects had. I remember 1976 being hot for a long time (I was only 10 and just started playing) but 2006 was definitely as hot (shame I spent 3 1/2 weeks in ICU and a ward) and thought it lasted May until late August.

 

[Canfordhacker]

Re: Brirish Summer Time!

I just remember endless weeks of being out on my bike from early morning til late evening in the heat and dust - the world was my oyster. I was the same age my son is now (12) and I can't see him ever getting that kind of freedom nowadays.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!

 

[viscount17]

Re: Brirish Summer Time!

76 - remember it well, year I got married.
stationed in Cornwall, pick the missus up from Tehidy where she worked and down the beach for a bar-b practically every evening, locals only. beaches were great once all the grockles headed back to their hotels, b&b's etc.
honeymoon on the broads, mini spent the week in a garage getting fixed. queues of cars overheating up telegraph hill on the A38.

if only I could move back to Cornwall - even if the next winter was almost all rain or fog. don't think we saw Carn Brae for over a week. stuffed the mini head first into a Triumph 2.5 that winter too.