Seems the current “climate change” extreme heats in Europe are nothing new. They’ve been around before.
To see a whole lot more vintage photos, go to Vintage photos show Londoners in St James’ Park and cooling-off at lidos | Daily Mail Online
And there seems to have been another in 1976
More of these photos @ A skinny-dipping Tory MP, M1 melts and Kenneth Williams boils: Britain's 1976 sweltering heatwave | Daily Mail Online