July 21, 200719 yr The winners and losers of a very soggy summer by EIMEAR O'HAGAN - More by this author » Last updated at 22:22pm on 20th July 2007 Comments It was the wettest June since 1914 and July hasn't been much better. Last month saw double the normal amount of rain falling across England and Wales. And by mid-July, we'd already had a whole month's worth of downpours. Yesterday alone saw some parts of Britain deluged by four inches of rain in just a few hours - the amount that would normally fall in TWO months. It's all led to a topsy-turvy summer for retailers. For while the standard bestsellers are still languishing on the shelves, winter staples are flying out of stores. Wimbledon was a washout, the Henley Royal Regatta was more about the designer wellies than the Pimm's, and Glastonbury turned into a mudbath. But who's been taking shelter from the downpours and who's been singing in the rain? EIMEAR O'HAGAN reports. Scroll down for more
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