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Floods couldn’t defeat South Holland’s Spirit – Memories of 1947 Flood

Extracts taken from Spalding Guardian 21st March 1997 (click on images to enlarge) FRIDAY. 21 March1947 - and news breaks that the unthinkable. The unhoped for had happened. The latest in a ser…

Cottages at Locks Mill on St Catherine Island

Cottages at Locks Mill on St Catherine Island 1947 now demolished. Note the flooding also.…

Spalding Free Press Year Book for 1936

The latest addition to the Forge local history library. Purchased from eBay the book includes news, pictures, advertising and all sorts local information railway and bus fares and timetables, clubs, …

The misery that flooding causes

The photograph shows the damage done to the harvest in 1912.…

Station Street in Spalding flooded in 1937

This photo shows a flooded Station Street in Spalding in 1937. On the reverse of this card is Penned "July 19th 1937 Station Street Flooded. Terrible storm at Spalding". Do you remember Spalding Fl…

Transporting those affected by flooding, Crowland 1930’s

In this photo we see a Johnny Brown at the oars of his boat transporting people during the floods near Fen Bridge, Crowland in the early 1930's Who remembers the floods that affected this area so b…

A flooded Custom House Street, Sutton Bridge 1953

In this photo we see a flooded Custom House Street, Long Sutton. This is dated as 1953. Does anyone have memories of this happening ?…

Flooding near Cloot Drive

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Areas flooded by the Rivers Glen & Welland 1947

This map shows the areas which were flooded by the Rivers Glen & Welland in 1947. The large blue area on the map is from Little London, Spalding down to the Crowland area. Who has memories of …

Evacuation at Cloot Drove, Crowland 1947

This photo shows some men helping a woman out of her house as the evacuation took place in Cloot Drove, Crowland during the floods of 1947. Who has memories of these floods hitting this area ? Cli…

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