After the Flood

Roger — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:17:01 +0000

And just as quickly as it came……The first four pictures are taken in the same places where flood water flowed 14 hours earlier. The Council did an amazing job in tidying up the town and Park overnight, but it was a different story in the Retail Park.

The sale begins… Customers waiting for Curry's to open!

Yesterday's river…This is where the lady was trying to cross a torrent to get home last night.

Tools of the trade…A boat and a wheelbarrow.

The clean up begins at the tearooms

But all is not completely back to normal! Water on the line at the miniature railway.

Begonia Island… The rowing boats from the boating pool are tethered to a tree 200 yards downstream!

Faartals in Flood

Roger — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:11:52 +0000

I bet there are many people in Chesterfield who did not even know we had two 'rivers' flowing through it. Yesterday they made their mark and the pictures tell it all. Not as bad as Sheffield, but still a disaster for those affected.

Traffic going nowhere.

Queens Park's new tearooms.

Going home – somehow!

Boating weather

Saleing buy!

Recording history

Pets at home – I hope not.

Waiting for the tide to turn! -A long wait as no other way through the floods.

7.20 p.m. on the Spire clock

The river Rother near Chesterfield station

Houses flooded near the station

The river is supposed to flow under the bridge not over it.

A deserted bypass with 2 cars facing the wrong way!

One of the driest places in Chesterfield

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After the Flood

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