On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 1:27:38 PM UTC+1, Graham Easterling wrote:

I was on Scilly in July 1989 and I believe they were starting to import
water during that hot summer. There were notices everywhere begging the
tourist to restrict water use. The islands were super parched.


Photo here from July 1989, taken from Skybus. It's looking across from near Lands End to Sennen & Gwenver. Everything was brown. One of the driest summers ever in this part of the UK.

I actually took it for the cliff top fog. In retrospect it's a good image of the drought.

Graham
Penzance

Sorry, forgot the link! http://www.turnstone-cottage.co.uk/Dry.html

Graham