Floods, Newport Road, 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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1890s
Miss Layng's Preparatory School, Stafford,
Miss Layng's Preparatory School, Stafford,

A group of school boys with their teacher, Miss Layng, at her private School at ...

1910s
Football Team, Stafford Grammar School,
Football Team, Stafford Grammar School,

Stafford Grammar School First XI football team. This photograph was taken in what ...

1930s
Friars Road, Stafford,
Friars Road, Stafford,

The shop on the left was Hardwicks' unisex hairdressers. Behind Hardwicks' ...

1990s
After the fire at Fatty Arbuckles,
After the fire at Fatty Arbuckles,

Fatty Arbuckle's night club after the fire in 1991. The club was previously known ...

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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library

Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 17D, img: 614 (18/1140)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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