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.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
View form the junction of Lichfield Road and Wolverhampton Road. The Baptist ...
Ivy House on Lichfield Road. On the left is the King William IV public house, ...
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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