Heatwave [Re. Playing conditions]

[upthemaggies]

1976 and 1990 (the only time I'd known the temps to reach 36 in Notts before last month) are the two hot summers I remember growing up, the football seasons then beginning on 21st and 25th August respectively. As we now start earlier, the chances of playing in 35+ increase, but this weekend will most likely turn out to be a one off for most of us.

I've been moaning about the heat, but like a lot of people I'm soon going to realise what cold weather actually feels like in the coming winters when I can't afford to have the heating on. Winter has always been something that happens outside until now and I expect that is going to have a far greater impact on health and mortality rates.

[Old_pie]

I've been moaning about the heat, but like a lot of people I'm soon going to realise what cold weather actually feels like in the coming winters when I can't afford to have the heating on. Winter has always been something that happens outside until now and I expect that is going to have a far greater impact on health and mortality rates.

Memories of scraping pictures and patterns in the frost of the inside bedroom windows and one coal fire for the whole house - or in the days of student digs, one paraffin heater in the lounge for the 5 of us, no upstairs heating.

At least the toilets were eventually inside once we'd moved from my Grandma's.

[LaxtonLad]

Memories of scraping pictures and patterns in the frost of the inside bedroom windows and one coal fire for the whole house - or in the days of student digs, one paraffin heater in the lounge for the 5 of us, no upstairs heating.

At least the toilets were eventually inside once we'd moved from my Grandma's.

Memories of putting warm pennies on a frosted window to melt the ice and just because we could. Bending a soft twig into a loop to lift dewy cobwebs off a hedge on the way to school, wearing a balacalava. And horrors! making a great big icy slide in the school playground which got bigger and bigger the more we slid(?) on it, all the while being ignored by the teachers.

We would make "winter warmers" out of old cocoa tins. Pierce small holes all around the tin, half fill it with rags then a small piece of burning coal (remember coal?) then more rags, thread a loop of wire through the tin and whirl the lot round your head to create a draught. Much more fun than them modern chemical hand warmers especially if a spark shot out and burned somebody, how we laughed.

[Old_pie]

Memories of putting warm pennies on a frosted window to melt the ice and just because we could. Bending a soft twig into a loop to lift dewy cobwebs off a hedge on the way to school, wearing a balacalava. And horrors! making a great big icy slide in the school playground which got bigger and bigger the more we slid(?) on it, all the while being ignored by the teachers.

We would make "winter warmers" out of old cocoa tins. Pierce small holes all around the tin, half fill it with rags then a small piece of burning coal (remember coal?) then more rags, thread a loop of wire through the tin and whirl the lot round your head to create a draught. Much more fun than them modern chemical hand warmers especially if a spark shot out and burned somebody, how we laughed.

Wow that's brought some memories back. Golden Syrup tins are what we used, portable braziers, handy for keeping warm when doing paper deliveries especially on the bicycle. Big boys slide and baby slide, snowball fights.

[SwingateUnited]

1976 and 1990 (the only time I'd known the temps to reach 36 in Notts before last month)

Notts only reached a high of 31 in 1976, the only time they had topped 36 was 2019, (they reached 34 in 1990)

[upthemaggies]

Notts only reached a high of 31 in 1976, the only time they had topped 36 was 2019, (they reached 34 in 1990)

34.6 Watnall weather station in 1990, so it probably was 35 in the city. I lived in a valley between two busy roads at the time and it was hell, much worse than last month. I'm high up now where there's always a breeze, so it's easier to get the house to cool down first thing. Can't be pleasant for the folk who live on the ring road though, or the A roads into the city center.