Storms and flooding in July and September 1968

[Weather-history]

      

 

 

[IslaArklayblend]

I have a few memories and images of that.  I was 23 had just been posted to Prestwick.  I was keen on wild camping and the hills, so was soon regularly on the Isle of Arran.

Following text accompanies (on Flickr site) a photo taken in Arran, Glen Rosa, summer 1968.

“Radio picked up BBC Radio 1 strongly.

Kenny Everett playing the latest hits (Beatles "White Album", “Say a little prayer” Aretha Franklin, etc.).  I recall traffic reports of floods in southern England, whilst Scotland had a great summer. “

2nd photo was taken at Warfield, Berkshire, where stream had burst its banks at farm my future wife lived at. I also remember hearing mention of A329 problems due flooding as I lay outside my tent in the sun!  

Edited September 28, 2024 by IslaArklayblend

[A Face like Thunder]

Thanks for these memories and the newspaper cuttings. They certainly bring back memories of a memorable weekend weather-wise in my personal life of almost 75 years.

[Harry's House]

 IslaArklayblend Also thanks from me. Memories are brought back to me as well in my personal life of not quite as long as A Face like Thunder.

[A Face like Thunder]

Weather programme back on Ch 5 on Tuesday at 9pm, but with the focus on the floods of July 1968 rather than the cancelled programme on the September 1968 floods. Let's hope Ch 5 don't find they need to replace the programme again with a programme on royalty (actual and ex-). 

[A Face like Thunder]

An excellent programme in my view and well worth a catch-up if you didn't see it tonight. A repeat of Britain's 'Killer Hurricane of 1990' (the Burns Day Gale to you and me) is on Ch 5 on Friday at 9pm and is again worth a watch. Hoping that the cancelled programme on the Floods in SE England in September 1968 is aired soon. 

[LetItSnow]

Data taken from an Oxford weather station shows that 88mm of rain fell on the 11th of July, 1968 with a high of just 16.9C. What an abysmal high summer day!

Edited February 6 by LetItSnow