In the UK we’ve just seen the longest prolonged heatwave in seven years. In fact yesterday was the hottest day since July 2006. It’s been pretty tough keeping the children happy and out of the sun but we’ve kept busy with lots of crafts. I even managed to sew these fun felt ice lollies, slightly less calories than the ones we have been indulging in!
To celebrate Summer I have a fantastic giveaway for all my lovely readers. Today you have the chance to win an amazing £50 Amazon voucher. You can spend it on whatever you wish. You all know how addicted to craft books I am, so I would be purchasing all the craft books I could from my Amazon wishlist! However, you can spend the voucher on games, books, DVDs or your favourite perfume.
Giveaway: I have a £50 Amazon voucher to giveaway to celebrate the arrival of summer.
If you would like to win simply answer the question in a comment below:
(mandatory) In what year was the last heatwave in the UK?
for an extra entry tell others about the giveaway using the Retweet button below or tweet this message: I want to celebrate summer and #win a £50 Amazon voucher with @gingerbread_mum
or follow the gingerbread house page on Google + just leave me a comment and let me know.
Small print:
There is one prize consisting of a £50 Amazon voucher. The giveaway ends 2nd August at 8.00pm. The winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received and notified by email or their twitter handle. The prize is as stated: no cash alternatives are available. UK only.
The giveaway is now closed and the winner is R. James




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have tweeted @freyerj
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tweeted @loz09
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The answer is 2006!
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tweeted as @spanglisher
following on google+
2006…I was 8 months pregnant at the time. Gosh it was hot!!!! =)
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tweeted @nicsull
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tweeted as @x_walter
following on Google+ as Rebecca Phillips
2006 I think
I tweeted @olivia280177
following on google+
2006 🙂
TWEETED TOO
@EMMAV6
2006, seven years ago.
Retweeted @defairmans
Already following on Google+ under my full name (Dawn F)
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tweeted @vic0314 https://twitter.com/vic0314/status/359783741352194050
2006 – long may this hot weather last, I’m lovin it
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@caro_mad
I have tweeted as @caro_mad x
2006 🙂
2006 @sandycalico
Tweeted – @MrsD_Winchestsr 🙂
(Have also followed via G+) x
2006 – Hot hot summer!
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following on Google + as Prerna Gupta
tweeted @dr_reenu
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Tweeted and following @MimiJane
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@happyhomebird
Following on G+ Sam Fernley
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That’d be 2006! 😀 xx
I also tweeted. @Tangfasticz
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have tweeted 🙂
The answer is 2006
Answer: *** 2006*** 🙂
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I have tweeted too as @tracyknixon
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I follow you on google+1 as Ashleigh allan
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2006 was the last heatwave.
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followed on google and tweeted as xxgingerpumpkin
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tweeted as @AngelaMWilcox
following on Google+ as Angela Wilcox
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2006 was the last heatwave but 1976 was the last one this long? Trick question?
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Tweeted as @Gbear0382
Answer – 2006
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2006!
2006 and I was heavily pregnant, urgh.
Tweeted @finleypoppet
2006…
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I’ve tweeted! @WrightyH
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2006 🙂
Tweeted https://twitter.com/pixies15alana/status/359976388029198336
Followed on G+ as Alana Walker
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Tweeted as @Dreams_of_Darcy
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tweeted @_Natalie_P
Lets be honest, the most recent was 2006, but for anyone over 40 the best by far was 1976
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tweeted @iut045
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I have tweeted @TammyChernelle
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I have tweeted as @MummyToTheMax
https://twitter.com/MummyToTheMax/status/360012235977920514
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I have tweeted https://twitter.com/paulaburnside/status/360014527720472578
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Tweeted here https://twitter.com/Sarah_L_N/status/360024825596624897
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@MrsWebster147
I have tweeted as @MrsWebster147
2006 🙂
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Tweeted @Liquorice13
Already following on G+ – Louise Smith
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Well, according to Wikipedia it was March 2012…but I can’t say I remember it!
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Have tweeted as @gholmes724
It was 2006.
I have tweeted as @alicomps. Thanks!
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I have also tweeted. @rachiegr
It was 2006
it was 2006 a very memorable year for me as met my hubby
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Tweeted as @Earlybird2013
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tweeted @fivegoblogging
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1976 🙂 With love, Faye xx
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have tweeted @val_2402
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Have tweeted too – https://twitter.com/milkpetal/status/360333696114495488
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Tweeted! @pandcands
2006!
It was 2006 I remember it well as i was pregnant with my son 🙂
I tweeted @Segga86
I already follow you on G+
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Tweeted – @robbo86otm
Following on Google – robbo86otm
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Tweeting @tinkertink2010 and following on google xoxo
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tweeted https://twitter.com/welshbeauty99/status/361042018253815808
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Tweeted as @pootlermse
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I have tweeted here
I am following on Google+ (Melanie Clarke)
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2006 – good luck everyone 🙂
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It’s 2006!! Would love this!
The answer is 2006.
I remember because I had to get up at 5.30 every day to walk my puppy as she couldn’t cope with the heat any later in the morming! 🙂
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Tweeted as @StaceyTrip
the answer is 2006
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I have tweeted @yyesidolikecake
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tweeted @murtle42
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2006 – remember it well!
Answer is 2006
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Tweeted @kaipiesuperstar
2006 x
https://twitter.com/themissusP/status/361485368090046464
A very hot 2006!
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2006!
It was 2006
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Now following on Google+
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Hi, have tweeted as bunyip2104
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tweeted https://twitter.com/tina9stan/status/361497435106852865
following on google plus as tina edwards
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following on g+
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2006 – My daughter was just born and it was ridiculously hot
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laurenslittleblogs.blogspot.co.uk
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It was in July 2006
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Tweeted @scampbeast
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Also tweeted: https://twitter.com/funkiichiicka/status/361530401321267200
Answer is 2006
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retweeted, https://twitter.com/wasfield/status/361543971144601600
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THAT WOULD BE 2006
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It would be fantastic to win this to buy some books for my daughter for school, it would help me out sooooo much!! Thankyou xxx
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@T18Lisaa
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2006. Have tweeted @meirtravel & followed on G+ 🙂
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2006…fingers crossed. thanks great competition…
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2006 I believe…although 1976 was better
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I tweeted – https://twitter.com/Rezroxx/status/361609559493709826
2006- have re-tweeted under @LaurenDCR
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Have tweeted as @beachrambler
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Tweeted – @napkinface
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2006 seems to be the popular consensus – but I remember the summer of 1976. Now THAT was a heatwave!
Have tweeted as @BellaMama49
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tweeted https://twitter.com/Top_cat81/status/361973883533934593
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It’s 2006 and I remember it very well
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Everyone says 2006 but in the North it was 1976!
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Following and tweeted @rozsarg
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I think it was in 2006.
July 2006
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Tweeted as @BabesShelley
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2006 – tarmac melted!
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I tweeted as @plumblossom23 https://twitter.com/plumblossom23/status/362365460940980225
I also follow you on Google plus
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tweeted @bdeegan597
https://twitter.com/bdeegan597/status/362418784520241153
2006, but 1976 was hotter still.
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2006 Yo!
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answer = 2006
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The last heatwave was 2006, but wasn’t as hot or long as 1976. All I know is that we don’t have enough heatwaves.
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have tweeted
and following on G+
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I’ve tweeted (@sjsref).
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@limaechopapa has tweeted…
https://twitter.com/Limaechopapa/status/362822602818977792
Answer : 2006
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I tweeted @sueb1960
https://twitter.com/sueb1960/status/362838980150034432
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June 2006 was the last heatwave
retweeted: https://twitter.com/butterflytails/status/362845517488730115
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Have tweeted @KatieJ_A_C
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I have tweeted: https://twitter.com/priyat123/status/362867784935424000
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The answer is 2006. 🙂
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2006!
2006 – i think!
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I was disappointed I couldn’t gloat as much on holiday in Turkey as it was almost the same temperature in the UK.
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Answer – 2006
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I sent the tweet, here’s the URL
https://twitter.com/kiddy_boo/status/362906257276944386
keeping my fingers crossed 🙂
In 2006 it was 42C in London (or further back 1976)
I have followed you on Google+ (I was already following you)
I have clicked your tweet button & tweeted as @Vickypinkxx
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2006. 🙂
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2006 was the last heatwave, but 1976 was the last longest heatwave
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twitter.com/oneisjamie/status/362961398298460160
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2006! love to win hun got my eye on a present for my mums birthday!
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Answer – 2006
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Well 2006 is the answer I think you want!
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Have tweeted @capodemonte
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2006 and 2003 before that- depends on your definition of a ‘heat wave’
tweeted @sandy__hope
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2006 have retweeted @diammondgirlz too ty
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retweeted – https://twitter.com/f300_/status/362999722455207936
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have followed on Google+
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I have tweeted @joanneblunt
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I have tweeted
https://twitter.com/mandalouise/status/363006369722408960
already following on Google + as well 🙂
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tweeted as @liaburns18
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answer is 2006 🙂
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Hi – the answer is 2006 🙂
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2006 🙂
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Tweeted too! https://twitter.com/LindyHine/statuses/363031552382345218
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Following on Google+ and tweeted as @happyboonisbet
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@zeniebeenie
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I follow on Google+
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following on google+
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2006 – I remember it well!
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tweeted as @irons81
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I tweeted @webkinny
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2006 (I guess we are not counting 1976 from what you have said?)
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2006, I remember it well! x
wow well id say 2006… i gave birth right in the middle of it :/ ( july 17th) My dad on the other hand is shouting at me that it was late 70’s so im guessing the answer is both. No idea what wikipedia is on about… no way was 2012 hotter than it was in the above years :/
I have tweeted as @midge2k9
2006 – but I am still sweating from 2003!
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2006… ( i have also tweeted @samvicbailey)
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Tweeted – @Gilla01
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tweeted using @whatkatydidnot
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2006 🙂 xx
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Heatwave was 2006, the drought of 76 was something else , remember our teacher letting us into the playground when it eventually rained ! lol
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Tweeted (mawhittaker) and following on Google+ Mark Whittaker xxx
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Have tweeted as @pinktash4
Following on google+ x
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2006 ..i remember it well, my son was born during it and spent the first 6 weeks of his life completly naked but a nappy ..all those newborn clothes he couldnt wear 🙁
Have retweeted @noynoyavery
The answer is 2006
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@kellymarie6262
2006 – I was doing my GCSEs 🙁
Tweeted x
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Following on Google+ as Melanie Burton and follwing and tweeted on Twitter as Jane Sands
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Tweeted as @ tinselgirl
Answer – 2006
Oh dear it filled in my email rather than name
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Tweeted
https://twitter.com/deaddogsmoking/status/363267717240852480
have tweeted @pretenna
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2006 – I think!
Can’t rmember it though.
I’ve tweeted – fingers crossed.
2006 was the last heatwave!
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Tweeted @lemon_piez
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tweeted – @jessiica_faye
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The last UK heatwave was in 2006 🙂
I tweeted as @LCaraher
https://twitter.com/LCaraher/status/363307901873426433
Thanks for running a fab giveaway & good luck everyone 🙂
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It was seven years ago, in 2006. 🙂
I tweeted @Madrabbitgirl
2006 🙂 x
Tweeted @lastkiss5 x
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Tweeted as @JenniiPenny
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it was 2006
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tweeted as @hannahlw85
following on google+ as Hannah Whitling
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It was 2006
tweeted as @pompeypaul30
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Thanks
tweeted @kerryjones299
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tweeted @valt25 thanks
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Have also tweeted as @dottydingo
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According to the BBC the last prolonged heatwave was in 2006.
I have tweeted (@rugbylovingmum)
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I’ve tweeted too
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also retweeted