On 2013-05-14 18:44:46 +0000, Graham said:


If you could go back through the summer months within your memory and
select individual months (June, July and August) to put together a best
and worst summer ever, what would they be? In other words, what is the
best/worst June, best/worst July, best/worst August you can remember?

June, July and August 1976, nothing comes close


I am surprised that it took so long before 1976 cropped up, but for me
it was too dry (Athough that was mainly due to the previous 18 months).

I suppose that it was ok for those not fetching their water from
standpipes or bowsers in the street, but it is not something that those
who did would want to repeat.

Ditto, the floods of August bank holiday in 1976.

The same problem occurred to me with choosing June 1983 as a 'best'
summer, because although the water was not off 24/7 - it was off
between 1000 and 1700 where I lived. We filled the bath with water in
the morning, and used a bucketful from that to fill the toilet cistern
each time.






Worst well that's easy, Summer of 2013.......... totally evil!!


Graham