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Sitting here in 2020 in anticipation of forecasted storms hitting us, and to the back drop of thunder rumbles in the distance. JUNE 1982 Leicester - the most memorable and vivid storm of my life, Late afternoon through to late evening 6 hours? It just didn't go anywhere - not continuous rain but constant lightning - and some - WOW pink, green, lilac, yellow, blue/white, forked, sheet it was just as though we had the biggest firework display ever - spectacular. I was a student and one our corridor neighbours was particularly smelly, and in that hot summer he was definitely 'off' - so in the worst of the rain we pushed him outside with a bar of soap - to his credit he washed his hair and fully rinsed in in the torrential rain, only briefly complaining of the stinging hail. Later that evening we all trooped down to the pub to watch one of the Spain World Cup games, can't remember exactly but it might have been the Brazil Scotland game . Some time later at kicking out time 10.30 during the week - the storm was still raging. we had dodged the rain walking there, but not coming back. Great Memories, Great Storm Great Colours