It was back in the summer of 1976 - some 50 years ago - when we had the last major heatwave. I remember it well as at the time I was working at weekends in a rather chic restaurant in Kensington to finance my psychoanalytic training and analysis. In addition I had a full time job as a - psychiatric social worker in adult psychiatry. Fortunately I was used to hot temperatures as I worked in Israel at Ein Gedi kibbutz by the Dead Sea. The kibbutz sits about 400 mitres below sea level, so the heat gets - trapped and it feels as if you are inside a cooker. So temperatures only 20 miles away could be less severe. I remember going to the Old City of Jerusalem in 1967 and staying in a monastery on the Via Dolorosa. I slept on the roof and was awoken to the Muslim call to prayer at sunrise. It was a magical experience. I have very good memories of my time in Israel working in the kibbutz and at a beach bar in Eilat for a couple of months. So long ago when I was only 24.
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