FabSwingers.com forum: 1976 Heatwave

By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

50 yrs on who remembers the 1976 heatwave.

We're only into day 3 of 2026s' heatwave how you coping?

I love the heat not the humidity.

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By *actile TensionMan
2 weeks ago

Sussex

My old boss told me the pubs run out of beer

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By *ulldog_71Man
2 weeks ago

Sedgefield

I was only 5 but remember the pavements melting

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By *BCandChillMan
2 weeks ago

london

Damn… I reckon this summer is definitely going to be interesting, I don’t know how exactly. But…I can feel it…

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By *lectrictouchMan
2 weeks ago

inverarary

"50 yrs on who remembers the 1976 heatwave.

We're only into day 3 of 2026s' heatwave how you coping?

I love the heat not the humidity."

No heat wave here but 76 I remember well

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

It could be a hot one. But for how long?

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By *atpurrWoman
2 weeks ago

Kent

I remember sitting in my paddling pool with the dog haha

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By *oudoir-EroticaCouple
2 weeks ago

Bolton

I was only 11 but loved it

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

I think skate boards hit UK about then if I remember too.

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By *hinstrapMan
2 weeks ago

sheffield

Nah I wasn't even a twinkling in my dad's nut sack back then. Heard lots about it from my parents though

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

Roads melted, train tracks warped, did anyone go topless or nude on the beach.

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By *007ManMan
2 weeks ago

Worthing

Bring it on. garden time and cool drinks. 76 was out all day from dawn till dusk.

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

Nude in the garden , nice

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By *wcoMan
2 weeks ago

West Midlands

"Damn… I reckon this summer is definitely going to be interesting, I don’t know how exactly. But…I can feel it…"

There seems to be a factions with their own agendas mobilising. I hope the government is geared up for the social issues that are fuelling these movements, long spells of hot weather only make it more likely.

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

"Damn… I reckon this summer is definitely going to be interesting, I don’t know how exactly. But…I can feel it…

Sounds like the punk scene.76

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
2 weeks ago

Reading

Vaguely. I was 8 but I remember long hot days outside.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I grew up on the east coast of South Africa, where 30°C and 110 humiture was a normal day in January.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I do not miss it.

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By *erald 1999Man
2 weeks ago

carmarthen

I was 4. ...5 ? Remember school sports boiling

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By *allySlinkyWoman
2 weeks ago

Leeds

In the 1976 heatwave I was camping in France and everything was covered with hundreds of ladybirds

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By *wcoMan
2 weeks ago

West Midlands

"Damn… I reckon this summer is definitely going to be interesting, I don’t know how exactly. But…I can feel it…

Sounds like the punk scene.76"

I was just a kid, I was thinking more of Brixton and Handsworth in the '80s. At lease with those spells of civil unrest, there was some kind of justification for it.

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By *lderflowerAppleWoman
2 weeks ago

Hampshire

I was 6. I'm not sure I could get away with being topless in the garden splashing in the paddling pool with the hose constantly on a trickle this time round.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
2 weeks ago

Leeds

"I'm not sure I could get away with being topless in the garden splashing in the paddling pool with the hose constantly on a trickle "

Not if you have a water meter !

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By *lipy123TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Birmingham

Remember all the windows being wide open in class.

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By *ate2theparty808Man
2 weeks ago

Erdington

I was 4 and the only thing I remember was being at the caravan most of the time and sitting in a stream with some other kids in the shade of these massive trees.

It had been so long since I had worn a T-shirt I grew out of the ones I had and my mom had to order me all new clothes out of the catalog.

I think that was the last time I was truly happy, no responsibility, no worries and no stress

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By *icolerobbieCouple
2 weeks ago

Walsall

"50 yrs on who remembers the 1976 heatwave.

We're only into day 3 of 2026s' heatwave how you coping?

I love the heat not the humidity."

When you say heatwave, don’t you mean a nice sunny weekend, lasting until Tuesday at best?

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By *redwilma666Couple
2 weeks ago

Kilbirnie

I came back from a year serving in the Middle East about a month before it began, & I still felt cold.

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By *westnkinkyMan
2 weeks ago

Southport

Nothing will beat the summer of 76 ..it went on for weeks and weeks , best ever school summer hols , oh and dont forget all the gazillions of ladybirds then

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By *ragsterMan
2 weeks ago

Blackburn

I was 9 years old in 1976...

I remember just being outside the whole time...as someone said earlier..from just after breakfast til 10pm when the streetlights started to come on..

Great memories...

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By *aldyreynoldsMan
2 weeks ago

Oldbury

I remember the 'plague' of ladybirds when on holiday in Bournemouth during that summer.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
2 weeks ago

SW1A1AA

I remember it very well as we got given the time off school.

Most of tolerated the heat more as a kid as was out in it all the while with my mates

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

"I was 4 and the only thing I remember was being at the caravan most of the time and sitting in a stream with some other kids in the shade of these massive trees.

It had been so long since I had worn a T-shirt I grew out of the ones I had and my mom had to order me all new clothes out of the catalog.

I think that was the last time I was truly happy, no responsibility, no worries and no stress "

Me too

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
Forum Mod
2 weeks ago

Central

"Damn… I reckon this summer is definitely going to be interesting, I don’t know how exactly. But…I can feel it…"

It's forecast that an El Niño heatwave is to start this year, culminating at the start of 2027, so we could have some repeated heatwaves this summer, probably to break multiple records

I hope not! I despise the heat

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

"50 yrs on who remembers the 1976 heatwave.

We're only into day 3 of 2026s' heatwave how you coping?

I love the heat not the humidity.

When you say heatwave, don’t you mean a nice sunny weekend, lasting until Tuesday at best? "

probably

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By *erry 58Man
2 weeks ago

doncaster

I was 17 and was working in the number bridge approach at Barton on Humber , I was starting out in my career as a plant operator driving motor scrapers , we had no sur com back then and was working 12 hour days in the hot stifling weather

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

"Remember all the windows being wide open in class."

Gasping for breeze.

And ice pops after school.

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By *arakiss12 OP TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedfuck

"I was 17 and was working in the number bridge approach at Barton on Humber , I was starting out in my career as a plant operator driving motor scrapers , we had no sur com back then and was working 12 hour days in the hot stifling weather "

Sounds a killer. Where did you pee.

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By *a LunaWoman
2 weeks ago

Wales

I was only 2!

I feel like Summers were generally hotter during my childhood though. I distinctly remember calling on friends and we just lolled around on their front wall as it was too bloody hot to do anything and the pavements were melting and being dramatic.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
2 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

"I remember the 'plague' of ladybirds when on holiday in Bournemouth during that summer."

Yup ladybirds

Also in Lincolnshire we had thunderbugs.

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By *elix SightedMan
2 weeks ago

Cloud 8

"I was 4. ...5 ? Remember school sports boiling "

Was that for the egg and spoon race?

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By *eve500Man
2 weeks ago

Leeds

It was the best summer ever...

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By *endall_IronbridgeMan
2 weeks ago

Shropshire

I was 12 roads melted no grass anywhere stand pipes for water back of your legs burnt going to shop with radiant heat from pavement laid on sofa watching test match cricket every curtain drawn in house

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By *endall_IronbridgeMan
2 weeks ago

Shropshire

"I remember the 'plague' of ladybirds when on holiday in Bournemouth during that summer.

Yup ladybirds

Also in Lincolnshire we had thunderbugs. "
we went to Yarmouth millions of them crunch under your feet

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By *kphooey43Man
2 weeks ago

Barnet

"I think skate boards hit UK about then if I remember too."

Southwark skate park is 50 years old.

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By *kphooey43Man
2 weeks ago

Barnet

"50 yrs on who remembers the 1976 heatwave.

We're only into day 3 of 2026s' heatwave how you coping?

I love the heat not the humidity."

The cheeky slogan in 1976 was: "Save Water, Bath with a Friend". I was early teens so would take that slogan differently now

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By *ragsterMan
2 weeks ago

Blackburn

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By *elloIntrigueMan
2 weeks ago

North West UK

This summer came a little before i did but i do remember a couple of late 80s summers that were glorious, camping holidays with my parents, i seem to remember enyas song and thought the words were "save the whales" as there were a couple of whales on the news that ended up in the river system disorientated...

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By *avexxMan
2 weeks ago

cheshire

1976 i was 16 and just left school it was an amazing summer a mediterranean summer..

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
2 weeks ago

in Lancashire

Was in basic training which was suspended to assist the fire service with the heath fires around Aldershot..

Scorchio..

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By *egsy35Man
2 weeks ago

Blackpool

I remember my grammar school finally recognising the heat and graciously allowing us to undo the top button of our shirts, but we still had to keep our ties on...

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By (user no longer on site)
2 weeks ago

Yes! Now that was a heatwave! Not the few days we have now and they call it such!! Country gone soft!

That was weeks on end!

I used to live in a cul de sac any we had a stand pipe to get water from! There would be riots if they did this nowadays!

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By *ragsterMan
2 weeks ago

Blackburn

I remember at our primary school we would take the classroom tables outside and we would have lessons in the sun.. sounds absolutely crazy but being kids we absolutely loved it

Schools would get charged with cruelty if they did that now..

You know what....I wouldn't swap a single thing about my childhood...loved everything about it...we were kids and we acted like kids...just having fun...

But we also had 100% respect for our elders....great days.

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By *layfull pairingCouple
2 weeks ago

Bristol

Vaguely recall the first time it rained after weeks and weeks of sunshine... all us kids running around in the streets getting soaked... and some adults too...

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By *icknmix500Man
2 weeks ago

South Gloucestershire

I remember it well First job walking to work 7am no shirt swiming in the river Wear Co Durham at lunch time

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
2 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

Yes I remember 1976.

I was 21 and got married that year. There were swams of thousands of ladybirds all over everything that year

As usual people got on with life as normal - It's usually the newspapers that make a fuss. Loads of photos of people on the beach ( who'd have thought )

Yes tarmac softened in ONE or TWO areas on a certain day for a short time. I think it was the M1 and probably Heathrow so what did I care ? London was a lifetime away

Yes A railway line did warp somewhere but trains still ran in the main

Yes ice creams and drinks were in high demand

I do remember the resevoirs dwindling to 10% . I remember being fascinated as villages that had been submerged to make resevoirs began to reappear. I remember water being rationed. Slogans like 'bath with a friend' and being encouraged to only put a quarter of the water in the bath or wash in a bowl. Water rationing came into play and deaths increased greatly , mainly amongst old people but that happens every winter and no one bats an eyelid.

It was for about six to seven weeks and we had enormous thunderstorms near the end of August which was good because the reservoirs started to fill up.

Fields turned yellow, Farmers moaned, at 21 I wasn't particularly interested or bothered.

It was a few weeks in 1976 it was no world catastrophe.

Flash in the pan.

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By *avexxMan
2 weeks ago

cheshire

thousands of greenflies covering shop windows evening times followed by thousands of ladybirds,,,oh lots of grass snakes along the canal sides... when the weather did break lads coming out of the pubs standing in the rain cheering pint in hand

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