We want to hear from YOU: Britain is braced for an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures soaring - but we want to know what it was really like during 1976's famous heatwave.
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For 15 consecutive days in 1976 the sun beat down on Britain and the temperature hovered at 32C (89.6F).
