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1947 floods crowland
« on: Sunday 08 January 06 19:09 UTC (UK) »
looking for any information the 1947 floods in crowland lincolnshire the river burst its banks and theyput a tank there to hold back the water  anybody with information on were to look for info or any other help please let me know
           john
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Re: 1947 floods crowland
« Reply #1 on: Monday 09 January 06 09:04 UTC (UK) »
Hi John,
I was living in Spalding age 7 and remember the floods that year. We lived near the River Welland and our back street was awash, also water came up in our cellar to the top step. I believe the bank broke between the Cowbit and Crowland washes and farmland and they put in several old WW1 tank bodies without the gun turrets and then sandbags etc to fill the gap. There is a large pond still on Crowland side of the bank where the water flooding through washed out a large hole. Newspaper reports with photo's are on film and can be viewed at our local library in Victoria Street, Spalding.
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Keith
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