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The flood of June 2002

Water comes rushing down the hill and shoots out of the gulleys above the Meeting House.    
water gushing out of gulley   water gushing out of gulley
     
The water rushing downhill has built up behind our garden wall. The wall has collapsed under the pressure.   The flood of June 2002: Street outside meeting house. The friendly publican of the Mason's Arms gave us shelter for our meeting on the Sunday after the big flood.
Garden wall collapsed   Flooded street surrounding pub
     
Our garden under water, not for the first time.    
Garden transformed into a lake   Garden transformed into a lake
     
The flood of 1950   The Meeting House on a picture postcard of 1907. Source: Jack Trickett
Three young men in flooded garden outsite Meeting House in 1950   Meeting House in 1907

 

  

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