Drought Collection

Chew Magna Reservoir dries to a trickle during the 1976 drought

Drought at Dorking, Surrey. December 1934

The legendary summer of 1976 was so hot that the swing bridge at the Cumberland Basin, Bristol expanded and stuck. This picture shows the desperate attempts that were made to cool down the structure

Forest fire in Gwydir Forest Snowdonia, Wales during the drought of August 1976

Cracked earth at Lands End pool. June 1976

The exposed lakebed at Oldbury Reservoir, near Atherstone, North Warwickshire. Anglers risk a mud danger as they persue shaols of fish trapped in the dwindling area of water. 19th July 1976

Drought at Huish Episcopi, near Langport, Somerset. June 1934

Villagers collecting water from a roadside ditch, Ilketshall, Suffolk. 22nd January 1933

Hikers by the drought effected Neuadd Lower Reservoir, in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, 14th July 1990

Low water levels at Dolygaer Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons, south Wales, 25th July 1990. Sign, No Fishing Allowed Off Dam

Drought - Wales - Just how fast water supplies are running out in South-East Wales is shown in this aerial picture taken at the Brecon reservoir, north of Merthyr, which has 14 weeks supply left

Dried out Edgbaston reservoir in Birmingham during the summer heatwave of 1976. 9th August 1976

An elderly man running the tap in his kitchen, filling up buckets as a water shortage takes place in Handsworth, Birmingham during the summer heatwave of 1976. 8th August 1976

Sports stadium affected in Birmingham during the summer heatwave and drought of 1976. 20th August 1976

Young boy goes for a spot of fishing at dried out Edgbaston reservoir in Birmingham during the summer heatwave of 1976. 9th August 1976

Three girls sunbathing in Birmingham during the summer heatwave of 1976. 28th June 1976

Mother and child try to keep cool at a Birmingham lido during the summer heatwave of 1976. 28th June 1976

Farmer Tony Mence with the dried up problems he faces on his land at Pershore during the summer heatwave and drought of 1976. 20th August 1976

People try to keep cool at a Birmingham lido during the summer heatwave of 1976. 28th June 1976

Derwent reservoir near Sheffield, showing the low water due to the continuing drought in Britain July 1976

Great Langdale Beck in Lake District, pictured during the long hot summer drought of 1976 during the drought mountains trees bridge river dried out

Death of a river July 1976 The Darent at Farningham, Kent footpath on the right

The River Thames at Kew South of Brentford, Middlesex Kew Gardens, left foreground May 1976

Reservoir at Penholn, Monmouthshire Camels from Longleat Safari park, Wiltshire August 1976

Sandpipes in Bradford - a boy fills a bucket full of water from an outside tap Water shortage in Bradford August 1995

Derwent reservoir near Sheffield, showing the low water level due to the continuing drought in Britain. July 1976

Derwent reservoir near Sheffield, showing the low water due to the continuing drought in Britain July 1976

One of the stand pipes in the Summers Lane dry area of North Finchley which has been employed because of a water shortage and a leaking repair

An effect of the drought in Briatin is seen in the low water level, the lowest for forty years, of the River Thames at Olivers Ait at Starnd on the Green May 1976

Reservoir at Penholn, Monmouthshire Camels from Longleat Safari park, Wiltshire August 1976

Derwent Reservoir near Sheffield, showing the low water level July 1976

The River Thames at Kew South of Brentford, Middlesex Kew Gardens, left foreground May 1976

Death of a river July 1976 The Darent at Farningham, Kent footpath on the right

Women - Debbie Burgess is a girl with something to get off her chest - a message to us all to save more water. Nineteen-year-old Debbie is wearing a Welsh National Water Development Authority

Derwent reservoir near Sheffield, showing the low water level due to the continuing drought in Britain. July 1976

An effect of the drought in Briatin is seen in the low water level, the lowest for forty years, of the River Thames at Olivers Ait at Starnd on the Green May 1976

Great Langdale Becks in Late District - June 1976 during the drought

Sherman and Lee tanks make their way along the dried up river bed of the Sipadon Chaung monsoon river of Central Burma. WW2 1945 1940s

Standpipes and buckets on the streets of Manchester. A sign that the drought weather of summer is still effecting water supplies. November 1947 P012313

Weather- Drought: The water Carts out in Golborne. May 1954 P012314

The Closed section of the Grand Union Canal at Stockton Locks. 23th July 1976

The exposed lakebed at Oldbury Reservoir near Atherstone, North Warwickshire. Anglers risk a mud danger as they pursue shoals of fish trapped in the dwindling area of water. 19th July 1976

The notice at Coleshill Pool, Coleshill, North Warwickshire shows its the dry season for anglers. 26th July 1976

The housewives of Tottington queue up for their daily ration of water, brought to them in a 250 gallon tank mounted on a lorry. May 1949 P009421

Water. Shower Power... Big chief running water. August 1984 P009161
Water. Shower Power.... Big chief running water. August 1984 P009161

The River Taff at Blackweir during the drought of 1976. August 1976

Man walking across the drought hit reservoir at Bartley Green, Birmingham

Sign warning of deep water at drought hit Bartley Green Resevoir, Birmingham

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