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Solent's Summer of '76: Drought - Hillier Nurseries, Hampshire
We might think weeks without rain sounds a lovely proposition when we're having a summer full of it.
But it wasnβt fun for everyone in 1976, when temperatures consistently topping 30 Celsius made it unbearable to work outside...and weeks & weeks without rain caused a drought and water shortage.
Ricky Dorlay has worked with Hillier Nurseries in Hampshire for 52 years and says the summer of 1976 really stands out as a βtorrid timeβ.
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Solentβs Summer of β76—ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent Special
Forty years on, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent relives the summer of 1976.
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