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    Bye-bye, butterfly

    Apr 13, 2021 2 minutes

    WONDER how many readers of a certain age remember the red-hot summers of 1975 and 1976? I remember them well, because I was heavily pregnant in both years. Scorching weather, without a cloud in the sky, lasted for several weeks or more. The winter between the summers was also incredibly dry, so very little rainfall fell over a 16-month period. In August 1976, our water supply in Northamptonshire

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