Here’s some pictures of heatwaves of years past. You could always look at them with an ice cream!
![Victor the polar bear cools off on the warm spring sun at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in April 2015](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjlhMDgwZWVlLTgyYTktNGY4MS1iYzM4LWNlMDljZDdkZjQ1ZjphZTQxMWIyMS02YzZlLTQ4ZjUtOTRkZC0zZjYxMjVjZTRhMTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Unbearably hot
Victor the polar bear cools off on the warm spring sun at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in April 2015 Photo: Tom Maddick/Rossparry.co.uk
![Having fun at Hathersage in 2016 - looks like there's musicians in the bandstand](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY5NmUxMTRkLThhM2ItNGNmZi1hNWQyLTljZDJkNjAyY2VjMTphOTg3MWFmMS1jNDI4LTQ3OTAtODNhMC1kOTQ4MTc0ZmFhODk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Water music
Having fun at Hathersage in 2016 - looks like there's musicians in the bandstand Photo: Submitted
![Footballers, probably mostly Sheffield United players, at Hathersage open-air pool in the 1920s to 30s](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRmYjQyMjlkLThiMjctNGIzMi1iMjQ2LWZkYzVlNjdhZGJlNDo1MDNkYjgyZi0zMDY0LTRjZDMtYTk2OC01N2Q4MjFkNmI5MzI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Swimming team
Footballers, probably mostly Sheffield United players, at Hathersage open-air pool in the 1920s to 30s Photo: sheffield Archive
![Millhouses Lido at Millhouses Park, Sheffield was once hugely popular on summer days. This may have been in the 1960s or 70s](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI1YWVhYWQ2LTFmY2QtNDZkMC1iMzQ3LTRjNTk1MTY2NjYyMTpmMTM1NjQ0ZC01OGE5LTRmNzAtOTAxNC00ZDRiZDI5NDBlNmQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Lido crowds
Millhouses Lido at Millhouses Park, Sheffield was once hugely popular on summer days. This may have been in the 1960s or 70s Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
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