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Heatwave: the summer of 1976 - Britain at boiling point

2026· 384 pages

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With scorching temperatures soaring to 35 degrees, severe water shortages and a sunburned population queuing at the street standpipes, the summer of 1976 will always be remembered as Britain's hottest on record. But the wave that hit the UK that year was also cultural and political, with upheaval on the streets, in parliament, on the cricket pitch and on the radios and TV sets of a nation at a crossroads.

Genres: History
Language: English
Publisher: Monoray
ISBN: 9781800961739