Description:Railway station staff posing for the photographer with a 'Fleetwood Fish' box. Water fills the track bed between the platforms. On the left is Albert George Cornwall Emery (1895-1984). On the right is Percy Rigby, a Guard.
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.
Stafford Chronical Photograph, taken by Peter Rogers of Mill Street, Stafford.