Heatwave: The Summer of 1976 – Britain at Boiling Point by John L Williams Groundswell Speaker 2024 gentle Witek

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Heatwave: The Summer of 1976 – Britain at Boiling Point by John L Williams Groundswell Speaker 2024 gentle WitekWith temperatures soaring to 35C, severe water shortages and a sunburned population queuing at the standpipes, the summer of 1976 was always remembered as Britain's hottest. 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. Before this blistering summer, Britain seemed stuck in the post war era, a country