In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
On 09/04/2013 21:23, John Hall wrote:

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

Actually he died in January.

Thanks. The 1965 summer wasn't that great either, IIRC. In fact there
was hardly a decent summer during the decade, as I remember it.
--
John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist

On 10/04/13 22:05, John Hall wrote:
In ,
Brian writes:
On 09/04/2013 21:23, John Hall wrote:

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

Actually he died in January.

Thanks. The 1965 summer wasn't that great either, IIRC. In fact there
was hardly a decent summer during the decade, as I remember it.

Unless your name is Bryan Adams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg

:-)

On 10/04/2013 22:39, Adam Lea wrote:
On 10/04/13 22:05, John Hall wrote:
In ,
Brian writes:
On 09/04/2013 21:23, John Hall wrote:

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

Actually he died in January.

Thanks. The 1965 summer wasn't that great either, IIRC. In fact there
was hardly a decent summer during the decade, as I remember it.

Unless your name is Bryan Adams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg

:-)

who is live in Stoke Park, Guildford Sun 14th July 2013.......

On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:05:56 +0100
John Hall wrote:

In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
On 09/04/2013 21:23, John Hall wrote:

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

Actually he died in January.

Thanks. The 1965 summer wasn't that great either, IIRC. In fact there
was hardly a decent summer during the decade, as I remember it.

I don't think '64 was too bad. We had a hot spell at the end of May
and, after the European Monsoon struck with a vengeance at the
beginning of June, that month was a washout. The rest of the summer, as
I recall, was mainly dry and sunny but not particularly warm. What I
remember about the summer was that it was a westerly type but fronts
crossing the country would have no rain and precious little cloud when
they reached our neck of the woods - Beds/Northants.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
Free office softwa http://www.libreoffice.org/
Carlos Seixas, Sonata nº 1 - best version of this I've found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXox7vonfEg

On Apr 10, 10:39*pm, Adam Lea wrote:
On 10/04/13 22:05, John Hall wrote:

In ,
* Brian *writes:
On 09/04/2013 21:23, John Hall wrote:

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

Actually he died in January.

Thanks. The 1965 summer wasn't that great either, IIRC. In fact there
was hardly a decent summer during the decade, as I remember it.

Unless your name is Bryan Adams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg

:-)

Actually that summer was fairly decent by the looks of things:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/e/r/Jun1969.pdf
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/e/q/Jul1969.pdf

though August was a bit rubbish.

From the same site

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/archive/...r-report-1960s

1964, 67 and 69 were generally good but most of the others a bit
rubbish. Seems that the romance of sixties summers was a bit lost
here....

Nick

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 11:55:07 AM UTC+1, Jim Cannon wrote:
It is striking to note how the weather behaves following the deaths of former British prime ministers.



The summer following the death of 'Sunny' Jim Callaghan on March 26, 2005, was fairly decent. His death was closely followed by my personal favourite PM Ted Heath, who died on July 17 the same year, at the end of a heatwave.



The deaths of Harold Wilson on May 24, 1995, and Alec Douglas-Home on October 9, 1995, sandwiched an absolutely stunning summer - one of the best I can remember and one that is often strangely overlooked.



The death of Harold MacMillan on December 29, 1996, was followed by a decent summer, with a notably hot August.



The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer



So, perhaps Maggie could yet do some good?

This theory was posted about THREE months ago and is now coming to fruition - in line with our long range forecast.

Another VICTORY for us - but this time it was my theory NOT Piers. So I think I deserve my Romeo y Julieta half corona now - not some crappy Hamlet.

In article ,
Jim Cannon writes:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 11:55:07 AM UTC+1, Jim Cannon wrote:
It is striking to note how the weather behaves following the
deaths of former British prime ministers.



The summer following the death of 'Sunny' Jim Callaghan on
March 26, 2005, was fairly decent. His death was closely followed
by my personal favourite PM Ted Heath, who died on July 17 the
same year, at the end of a heatwave.



The deaths of Harold Wilson on May 24, 1995, and Alec Douglas-
Home on October 9, 1995, sandwiched an absolutely stunning
summer - one of the best I can remember and one that is often
strangely overlooked.



The death of Harold MacMillan on December 29, 1996, was
followed by a decent summer, with a notably hot August.



The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January
14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer



So, perhaps Maggie could yet do some good?

This theory was posted about THREE months ago and is now
coming to fruition - in line with our long range forecast.

Another VICTORY for us - but this time it was my theory NOT Piers.
So I think I deserve my Romeo y Julieta half corona now - not
some crappy Hamlet.



In a similar vein, since England cricket tours of Australia often
coincide with severe winters (off the top of my head 1894-5, 1928-9,
1946-7, 1954-5, 1962-3, 1978-9, 2010-11), I predict that 2013-4 will be
cold.
--
John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)