Mr Ore Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, martinmauger said: iSarcasm aside I recall way back in '1976 - the year of summer', there were turnpikes in the streets and and on the news they would show water levels in resevoirs were down "and for the first time in many years ruins from the lost village of whatever can be seen from when the valley was flooded to create the resevoir". We've had (relatively) decentish warm summers since '76, no turnpikes I'm aware of but still news reports still sometimes say "ruins of the lost village of whatever can be seen from when the valley was flooded to create the resevoir". Global warming ?... Keeping the non-speedway theme running, but being from the area, before making my millions elsewhere, I was totally freaked out, as a child, to see photos of Ashopton viaduct being constructed in the Derwent Valley of Derbyshire, where both Ladybower of Dambusters' fame and Derwent reservoirs service Sheffield's many breweries now. It was 100s of feet above the village of the same name and which, along with Derwent, was submerged once the dam walls had also been constructed. and the waters blocked by them. Now when you go across this viaduct the water is almost to the top of the arches. As I said as a child knowing how high above what is now the base of the reservoir, so how deep the water was/is really gave me nightmares. Guess how happy I was needing to get from Lancashire (wash my mouth out) to God's own for a family bun fight on the day of the first gale this year (now forgotten owing to the pandemic) to find that Woodhead Pass was closed owing to the winds and floods, so I had to use the Snake, which crosses this viaduct? Even now, as a strapping 30 something, this childhood memory of knowing how much water is underneath as I traversed the viaduct, put me in panic mode, and I was visibly shaking. The only consolation is that there wasn't a clown to greet me at the other end. . I find that no longer living in my birth area I bond much more with it and have dozens of books about how it was before there was any speedway. Some great ones of these flooded villages. Again, school legend had it that during one warm spell Derwent Village surfaced but, as so many people were going into the church, it had to be demolished as it could literally have collapsed around them. Edited April 25, 2020 by Mr Ore spelling/grammar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Fasinating stuff, Mr Ore. Oops, turnpikes, standpipes, any kind of pipe really . Point taken, my bad, '76 was a long time ago . There has been the odd water leak in Hull with water gushing powerfully into the air, like you see in American movies with kids playing in it til the Fire Dept turn the water off, often gushing many gallons for a full day creating a stream flowing along the road.... Edited April 25, 2020 by martinmauger spelling x2, added cynicism 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 One of my abiding memories of the summer of 76 was the great ladybird invasion. We had a caravan down on the Essex coast and when we arrived we thought that somebody had painted the sea-wall red..but we didn't let it bug us! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Terry said: One of my abiding memories of the summer of 76 was the great ladybird invasion. We had a caravan down on the Essex coast and when we arrived we thought that somebody had painted the sea-wall red..but we didn't let it bug us! Awful joke but brought a smile to my face! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 My abiding memory of 1976 was me and my dad laying a patio in the back garden and having to place wet sacking on the cement to stop it from going off too quickly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 I remember walking round the park about 5 in the morning with people asleep on the grass because indoors was too warm, i lived on an estate of flats back then. I had a radio with me and Stevie Wonder's You are the Sunshine of my Life came on. Strange what you remember 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 2:47 PM, martinmauger said: Sarcasm aside I recall way back in '1976 - the year of summer', there were turnpikes in the streets and and on the news they would show water levels in resevoirs were down "and for the first time in many years ruins from the lost village of whatever can be seen from when the valley was flooded to create the resevoir". We've had (relatively) decentish warm summers since '76, no turnpikes I'm aware of but still news reports still sometimes say "ruins of the lost village of whatever can be seen from when the valley was flooded to create the resevoir". Global warming ?... That's happened with the Keilder dam in Northumberland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigACE Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Summer of 76. Year i was born, December. My Mam(miss her loads) was always mentioning that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 If this weather is the upside of global warming, what’s not to like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 27 minutes ago, DC2 said: If this weather is the upside of global warming, what’s not to like? Hosepipe bans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Hosepipe bans. Yeah, but we had floods only a couple of months ago so we must have full reservoirs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 59 minutes ago, DC2 said: Yeah, but we had floods only a couple of months ago so we must have full reservoirs? We have a few reservoirs up on the dales and I've seen them seriously low in past years but never mind rain is now being forecast and people will be more inclined to remain indoors during the lockdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 18 hours ago, Richard Weston said: Going to rain this week: expect imminent announcement of speedway season starting I thought it was the start of the cricket season that brought the rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 I'm hearing it's already pouring with rain across the South of England, London, Devon & Oxford, and it's forecast to reach East Anglia by 10.00am, so I doubt that there will be any cricket. Like Richard, I'd not heard it was starting today either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 45 minutes ago, Mimmo said: I'm hearing it's already pouring with rain across the South of England, London, Devon & Oxford, and it's forecast to reach East Anglia by 10.00am, so I doubt that there will be any cricket. Like Richard, I'd not heard it was starting today either. It is pouring down here in the Deep South... Richard's post can be put down as subtle humour on the cricket season staring... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, M.D said: It is pouring down here in the Deep South... Richard's post can be put down as subtle humour on the cricket season staring... I cut my grass yesterday in readiness for this soggy spell. The joys of staying indoors! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, cityrebel said: I cut my grass yesterday in readiness for this soggy spell. The joys of staying indoors! Welcome to my world! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 minute ago, steve roberts said: Welcome to my world! The dreaded paint brush is going have to make an appearance soon steve. I'm not looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, cityrebel said: The dreaded paint brush is going have to make an appearance soon steve. I'm not looking forward to it! I've exhausted much of my painting jobs... when you begin to relish doing the housework that's the time to worry! Edited April 28, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 Has the weather ever been better? Yes, it was better last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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