Pictures of the heatwave in Oxfordshire as temperatures soar

If you’re feeling listless in the hot weather, you can take inspiration from this nostalgic photo gallery of people surviving heatwaves gone by.

Taking a dip in the river or writing essays in the park, this is how people in the county have dealt with hot weather in previous years.

Boys jumping off the bridge in Port Meadow during a 30 degree heatwave, 2013 (Image: Greg Blatchford)

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Anthropologist Kostantina Isidoros made the most of the weather whilst writing an article in University Parks, 2014 (Image: Jon Lewis)

Heatwave Hawaian Day at the office of Lynx Cadman, insurance brokers of Park End Street, Oxford, 1995 (Image: Darren Fletcher)

Clare Capon who works for B&Q pictured with one of the many fans the store was selling at a rapid rate due to the heatwave, 2006 (Image: Ed Nix)

Spanning the decades, this gallery includes one picture from a heatwave back in 1955, as well as periods of sun as recent as 2014.

Cooling off on a boat trip, lathering on the sun cream and taking to the pool for a dip are all valid responses to the heat, and all are pictured here.

Take a look back through this Oxford Mail archive gallery of nostalgic old photos of heatwaves in Oxfordshire, in years gone by.