1976....Long hot summer

[finchman]

Scorched lawns,hose pipe bans,swarms of ladybirds,weeks and weeks of temperatures in the high 70s.
Brotherhood of Man,Abba,Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,

HAPPY DAYS INDEED.

[Lou Grant]

Punk rock - Paul Weller remembers 1976 well

[Lou Grant]

What are we debating, btw?

[Sid Pervcat]

Punk rock - Paul Weller remembers 1976 well

He was never a punk.
As the Jam were never a punk band.

[Lou Grant]

He's a bit of a dick, but his love for The Zombies gets him a pass in my book.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

A book I never wish to read

[kancutlawns]

Scorched lawns,hose pipe bans,swarms of ladybirds,weeks and weeks of temperatures in the high 70s.
Brotherhood of Man,Abba,Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,

HAPPY DAYS INDEED.

Sir Viv spraying the ball across the parched Oval outfield is probably the most enduring and iconic parts of an otherwise forgettable long hot summer. I remember the hot summers of 1983, 1984, 1987, 1995 and 2003 more.

[Sid Pervcat]

He's a bit of a dick, but his love for The Zombies gets him a pass in my book.

He wrote life from a window at 18.
For that he will be forgiven his modfather sins.

[Reg]

Absolutely mental year in London - violent but brilliant.

[Royal24s]

Scorched lawns,hose pipe bans,swarms of ladybirds,weeks and weeks of temperatures in the high 70s.
Brotherhood of Man,Abba,Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,

HAPPY DAYS INDEED.

Yes indeed !
Loads of riots and punch ups- chasing Rastafarians round Ladbroke Grove using a dustbin lid as a shield and wielding a truncheon. Yes, there was that getting stabbed a bit thing and the odd anti personnel device at a bus stop, but there were different bits of American crumpet every night , loads of overtime and we still had Brixton and the miners strike to look forward to.

[carcinogen]

Yes, I was one. In London. When the drought broke, we all stood on our balcony and got soaked, and loved it. So I'm told by my mum.

[The Tick]

Scorched lawns,hose pipe bans,swarms of ladybirds,weeks and weeks of temperatures in the high 70s.
Brotherhood of Man,Abba,Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,

HAPPY DAYS INDEED.

Yes indeed !
Loads of riots and punch ups- chasing Rastafarians round Ladbroke Grove using a dustbin lid as a shield and wielding a truncheon. Yes, there was that getting stabbed a bit thing and the odd anti personnel device at a bus stop, but there were different bits of American crumpet every night , loads of overtime and we still had Brixton and the miners strike to look forward to.

Too bad you only witnessed all that from the tv in your padded cell

[finchman]

Scorched lawns,hose pipe bans,swarms of ladybirds,weeks and weeks of temperatures in the high 70s.
Brotherhood of Man,Abba,Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,

HAPPY DAYS INDEED.

Yes indeed !
Loads of riots and punch ups- chasing Rastafarians round Ladbroke Grove using a dustbin lid as a shield and wielding a truncheon. Yes, there was that getting stabbed a bit thing and the odd anti personnel device at a bus stop, but there were different bits of American crumpet every night , loads of overtime and we still had Brixton and the miners strike to look forward to.

None of that shit in Wigan, just sun blue skies and Ambre Solaire.

[Royal24s]

Scorched lawns,hose pipe bans,swarms of ladybirds,weeks and weeks of temperatures in the high 70s.
Brotherhood of Man,Abba,Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,

HAPPY DAYS INDEED.

Yes indeed !
Loads of riots and punch ups- chasing Rastafarians round Ladbroke Grove using a dustbin lid as a shield and wielding a truncheon. Yes, there was that getting stabbed a bit thing and the odd anti personnel device at a bus stop, but there were different bits of American crumpet every night , loads of overtime and we still had Brixton and the miners strike to look forward to.

Too bad you only witnessed all that from the tv in your padded cell

You cant imagine anyone having a real life can you ?