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While some people were able to bask in the heatwave, many were stuck trying to do their jobs despite a drought and ongoing water shortage.

And it made life difficult for anyone forced to work outside, as temperatures topped 30 Celsius, day after day

Colin Boswell from The Garlic Farm near Newchurch turned to farming on the Isle of Wight in 1976, just as things were heating up...