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Newbury Floods 2000 |
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Newbury was not badly affected by the floods, just some localized flooding. There are two sets of pictures on this page. Set 1 was taken on a brief walk from the Northcroft Recreation Centre, along Northcroft Lane to Newbury Bridge on the morning of the 15th December 2000, and Set 2 was taken around the Northcroft Recreation Centre on the morning of Christmas Eve. |
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Newbury Floods 2000 |
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These pictures were taken on a brief walk from the Northcroft Recreation Centre, along Northcroft Lane to Newbury Bridge on the morning of the 15th December 2000. (Please click on a picture to ENLARGE it.) |
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| Looking east from the car park. | Taken a little further on from the previous shot, but looking north. Just two months previously the Michaelmass Fair was held here. | Another view of a waterlogged Northcroft. | It has been many years since this ditch on the east side of Northcroft has held water. | ||
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| Two views of the flooded long stay car park. | Flooded Kerridge car park. | Swan Court | |||
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| Flood warning sign in Northcroft Lane. | Sandbags in position by the Travel Shop. Whilst returning from choir practice there was a notice in the window apologising that the shop had been temporarily closed due the flood. | Water overflowing the bank on to Northcroft Lane. | |||
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| Looking back towards the Travel Shop. | Salvation Army Citadel with sandbags in front of the doors | Flooded picnic area opposite the Salvation Army Citadel | |||
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| Three views of Newbury Lock taken from Newbury Bridge. Notice how the downstream jetty is submerged and how strong the flow is under the horse bridge. | |||||
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The bulk of these pictures were taken on a brief walk around Northcroft Recreation Centre south to the Kennet & Avon Canal, towards "Red Locks" and back to the car park. on the morning of the 24th December 2000. The first few were taken at the Eastern end of Northcroft Lane. (Please click on a picture to ENLARGE it.) |
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| Two views of the water-logged trench outside the Salvation Army Citadel. | ||||||
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| The closed Travel Shop. | Normally these pipes coming from the Travel Shop are well above the water. | Sandbags across the shuterred door of the Travel Shop. | ||||
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