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Gallery Package - UK Drought
The worst drought in 100 years currently threatens parts of the UK In this gallery,
TopFoto has a selection of images from previous UK droughts including 1929, 1937, 1949, 1959, 1976.

The official waterseller of Docking in Norfolk 27 July 1929

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The official waterseller of Docking in Norfolk 27 July 1929


Heat Wave threatens village with drought  6th August  1937

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Heat Wave threatens village with drought 6th August 1937


Heatwave - St James Park - sun threatened to break all heatwave records - 7 August 1937 <br>- © TopFoto

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Heatwave - St James Park - sun threatened to break all heatwave records - 7 August 1937
- © TopFoto


They gave up their leave to pump the water<br>The Perth Fire Brigade pumping water into the Ochil Hills reservoir which supplys the nearby sanatorium 17 May 1949

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They gave up their leave to pump the water
The Perth Fire Brigade pumping water into the Ochil Hills reservoir which supplys the nearby sanatorium 17 May 1949


Mrs A Rosamond and her son John and his friend Alan Finch of Hendon Walk across the bed of the Welsh Harp normally a great lake near Hendon London which has dried up almost completely by the long spell without rain October 1949

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Mrs A Rosamond and her son John and his friend Alan Finch of Hendon Walk across the bed of the Welsh Harp normally a great lake near Hendon London which has dried up almost completely by the long spell without rain October 1949


Danger of British Drought<br>Villagers near Brasted Kent fetch water from a farm's well in kettles saucepans and buckets 28 June 1949

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Danger of British Drought
Villagers near Brasted Kent fetch water from a farm's well in kettles saucepans and buckets 28 June 1949


Mrs Gardaner and Mrs Weatherall draw drinking water from stand pipes which have been set up in the main road at Peavehaven Sussex 14 September 1949

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Mrs Gardaner and Mrs Weatherall draw drinking water from stand pipes which have been set up in the main road at Peavehaven Sussex 14 September 1949


Artificial Rain to assist grazing for Dairy Herd<br>The Fowler Diesel engine with powerful impellor drawing water from a stream to assist the Rotating Rosess which spray the land <br>Chelmsford 24 June 1949

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Artificial Rain to assist grazing for Dairy Herd
The Fowler Diesel engine with powerful impellor drawing water from a stream to assist the Rotating Rosess which spray the land
Chelmsford 24 June 1949


In Roderick Avenue  Peacehaven Sussex these tanks filled twice daily with drinking water and housewives queue up to draw their ration 13th September 1949

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In Roderick Avenue Peacehaven Sussex these tanks filled twice daily with drinking water and housewives queue up to draw their ration 13th September 1949


Artificial Rain to assist grazing for Dairy Herd<br>The Rotating Rosess spraying the land pumped from the stream <br>Chelmsford 24 June 1949

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Artificial Rain to assist grazing for Dairy Herd
The Rotating Rosess spraying the land pumped from the stream
Chelmsford 24 June 1949


The long trek for water in Peacehaven Sussex <br>Residents traverse the long long road towards the tanks which are filled twice daily 14 September 1949

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The long trek for water in Peacehaven Sussex
Residents traverse the long long road towards the tanks which are filled twice daily 14 September 1949


Water one penny a bucket <br>Villagers at Pendeen near Lands End seven miles from Penzance buying water per bucket from a horse drawn tank August 1947

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Water one penny a bucket
Villagers at Pendeen near Lands End seven miles from Penzance buying water per bucket from a horse drawn tank August 1947


Water Situation Becomes Critical<br>September 1959

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Water Situation Becomes Critical
September 1959


Lovely weather but not for ducks dried up village pond in Wrea Green Lancashire. The pond has gone dry for the first time in living memory 6 October 1959

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Lovely weather but not for ducks dried up village pond in Wrea Green Lancashire. The pond has gone dry for the first time in living memory 6 October 1959


Water Situation Becomes Critical<br>September 1959

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Water Situation Becomes Critical
September 1959


The Great Drought Parched Fields in Dorest <br>1959

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The Great Drought Parched Fields in Dorest
1959


Dried up tributary of the River Neath during the 1976

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Dried up tributary of the River Neath during the 1976


Foxton Locks on the Grand Union Canal, Leicestershire. During 1976 drought.

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Foxton Locks on the Grand Union Canal, Leicestershire. During 1976 drought.


River Heath during the drought of 1976. West Glamorgan

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River Heath during the drought of 1976. West Glamorgan


Barnet Pond during the drought of 1976.

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Barnet Pond during the drought of 1976.


The temperature in the middle of Parliament Square, central London nudges 100F on the hottest day of the year, as the heatwave across Britain continues 2003

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The temperature in the middle of Parliament Square, central London nudges 100F on the hottest day of the year, as the heatwave across Britain continues 2003


Canoes stranded on Weir Wood Resevoir, one of the main storage points for south east Englands water. The water levels continue to drop as the drought in England continues. <br>2005

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Canoes stranded on Weir Wood Reservoir, one of the main storage points for south east Englands water. The water levels continue to drop as the drought in England continues.
2005


Weir Wood Resivoir, one of the main storage points for south east Englands water. The water levels continue to drop as the drought in England continues. <br>2005

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Weir Wood Reservoir, one of the main storage points for south east Englands water. The water levels continue to drop as the drought in England continues.
2005