Stonehenge filmed in the long hot summer of 1976

[alisuber2]

amazing :)

[Scrabbler27]

My 1st visit to Stonehenge was in 1992 when I was aged 12. Back then I remember paying a entry fee and I could'nt even go and touch the stones and there were a fences. In the film you were lucky as you can go and touch the stones and probably didnt have to pay. Lucky you!

[MrBazizmad]

Many thanx, Fings. I was only 12 in '76, but remember the endless summer of parched grass and shimmering heat. I went to Stonehenge festival in '83 - before the 'battle of the beanfield'. Life was more kind and simpler then. Wonderful memories - thanks for sharing (:-)) 

[TheEconomywatch]

There was something magical about the summers of 75 and 76, though I can only dimly recall them now....

[sameoldfitup2008]

The days when England was English

[kurtspiano]

@sameoldfitup2008 very true, look at it now : (

[themeekwanderer]

I loved that year, my favourite.

[poolfarm2]

76, will we ever have another summer like that?

[ComedyFings]

I do hope so. I love extremes of weather. Summer 76 will always stick in my mind.

[Scrabbler27]

@poolfarm2 Yes this year

[jackssheduk]

i was just 5 years ld and remember the river avon near there was bone dry with nettles in the bed,savefor a few pools which were full of big old trout!

[tinatambala]

Very nostalgic! I remember that baking hot summer, and also remember ambling around the stones, having breakfast there on the way south-west on family holidays! Lovely viewing!!

[moeran1944]

This is lovely footage of what is actually recent history. Isn't it strange to see people actually walking around the Stonehenge site?

[ComedyFings]

Yes, it is strange to see people actually walking around Stonehenge. It was a really hot day when this was filmed as I remember. July 1976! A scorcher!