Keeping your kids cool in a heatwave like a Plymouth mum in the 1950s

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extremely hot weather on the way, we can definitely take a tip from a Plymouth mother in the 1950s who had 13 children aged from 14 down to four months to try and keep chilled in the sunshine.

Everyone knows that a dunk in the sea can be an excellent way of giving yourself a break when temperatures shoot up, and we’re incredibly lucky to have beaches on the doorstep as well as the Tinside Lido.

But that’s no help if you’re stuck at home and the younger generation are getting a bit hot and bothered. Sixty-five years ago in the summer of 1957 supermum Mavis Graham came up with an excellent way of giving the whole family a quick blast of refreshing cold comfort by getting her girls and boys to strip off and lie down in a row in the front garden while she showered them using a watering can. READ MOREFascinating timewarp photos show how we shopped in Plymouth 60 years agoRemembering Plymouth’s big wheel that gave a bird’s eye view of the cityIt was definitely a more economical solution than spraying them with a hose or filling up a paddling pool large enough to fit all 33-year-old Mavis’s youngsters at once.

And it looks like they’re all having fun too. Are there any good old-fashioned tips for keeping cool that your mum or your grandma used to swear by?