After storms and floods today brought us a massive fire which destroyed much of the shopping precint in the centre of Chesterfield. It is thought to have started in the Somerfields store and quickly spread to several adjacent shops with at least 8 have been completely destroyed. It would appear that the library and nearby shops have been saved.
The view from near the Portland Hotel
The view from Markham Rd traffic lights
The view along New Beetwell Street as smoke is blown towards us.
The view from the Post Office footpath.
At least the Spire is safe.
What next … a plague of locusts??………………….
And just as quickly as it came……The first 4 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 not all is completely back to normal!
Water on the line at the miniature railway.
Begonia Island… The rowing boats from the boating pool are teathered to a tree 200 yards downstream!
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I bet there are many people in Chesterfield who did not even know we had 2 '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 dryest places in Chesterfield
