Hargraves Taxi in Bolebridge Street floods, Tamworth

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Date:1930 - 1939 (c.)

Description:Hargraves Taxi, driven by Fred Hargrave, in floods in Bolebridge Street during the 1930's. Bolebridge street flooded regularly due to its close proximity to the rivers of Tame and Anker.


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1910s
Jolly Button Turner Inn, Bolebridge street, Tamworth
Jolly Button Turner Inn, Bolebridge street, Tamworth

George Ball, the Licensee, is seen in the centre of this photograph with locals ...

1930s
Flooding in Bolebridge Street, Tamworth
Flooding in Bolebridge Street, Tamworth

A Daimler taxi stuck in the Bolebridge Street floods. The famous flood of 22nd May ...

1970s
Nos 67-68 Bolebridge street, Tamworth
Nos 67-68 Bolebridge street, Tamworth

All of these shops have now been demolished to make way for the road being widened....

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