Floods, The Green, Stafford

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Date:February 1946

Description:A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest level ever recorded, flooding the railway station and stopping all traffic.

At the junction of Newport Road and Bridge Street the water was two feet deep. Cottage dwellers had to be rescued by boat and one house was washed away.


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1900s
Lichfield Road, Stafford
Lichfield Road, Stafford

View form the junction of Lichfield Road and Wolverhampton Road. The Baptist ...

1920s
Ivy House, Stafford,
Ivy House, Stafford,

Ivy House on Lichfield Road. On the left is the King William IV public house, ...

1940s
Floods, Lichfield Road, Stafford
Floods, Lichfield Road, Stafford

On the left is the old library building which occupied this site until 1999, when ...

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Creators: Peter Rogers (photographer) - Creator

Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/16/62, img: 589 (18/1118)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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