LAST week we turned our attention to the summer of 1976, which set a record as our longest recorded spell of hot weather.

It was lovely to hear some of your thoughts regarding that memorable year.

Online commenter arlbergbahn remarked on the 'fine cars' in the picture of Weymouth Pavilion in 1976 - Allegro in a fine shade of beige taking pride of place, naturally, and a Mk1 Escort, something Japanese, perhaps a Toyota, a lovely red Hillman Imp...

We also mentioned how the heatwave of 1976 caused ladybirds to attack people, because they were so hungry due to lack of aphids to eat!

'Hardy Lass' asked: "Why are we no longer seeing ladybirds, in fact there aren't many grasshoppers, earwigs, stag beetles , crickets, or even spiders around this year.. I have seen very few big moths , bats and nightjars either.. and the scarcity of house martins and swallows is very alarming."

'mags.watts7' remembers being attacked by ladybirds in the summer of 1976.

"We were on the beach in Weston-Super-Mare the summer of 76, when we were attacked by a swarm of ladybirds with very sharp bites. With very young children screaming we had to make a run to safety.

"Also our tap water was brown for many weeks and had to boiled before use. Not sure if the hot spell was longer than the current one, but from my experience it was more difficult to cope with due to the water problems, which so far in Weymouth have escaped any problems."