My God,we were top floor,3 decker also-—in Brighton. (Remember the dreadful summer heat we had under those flat rooves?)
We had just moved there 2 weeks earlier,my father had died 5 months earlier,and my mother knew few neighbors.
Tough times !
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I certainly do remember the heat, and no one mentioned global warming then.
Some very hot summer nights people went down to the beaches to sleep.
It was hot all right.
Those hot nights made it seem impossible to believe that in a few months you would be facing winter northeast snowstorms and then getting blasted with cold NW air after they passed.
Those days you didn't get a few days notice that disaster was heading your way as we do now. Weather forecasting is big business today.
Undoubtably saving lives.-Tom