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The great British summer

From outdoor workers to parks to surviving the heat, we celebrate summer

  • Baby with an ice-cream in the park. Summer 1976

    Snap happy: your memories of the summer of 1976

    The ‘biggest hole ever’, a makeshift pool and a Scottish honeymoon: we asked you to send us your stories and photos from 1976. Here are some of our favourites
  • Roy Mallows

    'It was torrential rain – I loved it': would you be happier working outside?

    On your feet, out in the sun... and the wind and rain. What’s it really like when your office is the great outdoors? Six people who work outside reveal all
  • The Eaton Park boat pond was built in 1928 and is one of the largest in Europe. It holds 960,000 gallons of fresh water.

    Out to grass: is your local park under threat?

    Model boat races, cricket matches, ice-cream vans and bootcamps – all human life can be found in our green spaces. But with government cuts and looming sell-offs, what next for British parks?
  • sunbathing women

    The sweaty person's guide to surviving summer

    Some people glide through August, glowing effortlessly. For the rest of us, it means weeks of itching, dripping and running for cover
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