The Great Flood of 1968 – 33 Rare Vintage Photos Show England in the Disaster Day

The Great Flood of 1968 – 33 Rare Vintage Photos Show England in the Disaster Day

Here are some rarely seen pictures of the Great Flood in England in 1968.

At Ashton Rd., Bristol
At Eastville, Bristol
Avonmouth, Bristol
Avonmouth, Bristol
Bath Hill East, Keynsham

Batheaston, Bath, Somerset
Bristol firemen wade through the flood water in Hendre Road
Cheddar Gorge became a river, a raging torrent of mud and rocks, Cheddar, Somerset
Cheddar, Somerset
Cleaning up after the flood, Lypiatt Road, St George, Bristol
Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Somerset, July 1968
East Street, Bedminster, Bristol
Eastville, Bristol
Householders start to dry out their homes after the flood, Bedminster, Bristol
Lower Bristol Road after the rainstorm, Bath, Somerset
Lower Bristol Road was badly flooded, Bath, Somerset
Lypiatt Road, St George, Bristol
Pensford Bridge, Pensford, Somerset
Pensford, Somerset
People were trapped in these cottages by the floodwater, Ashton Gate, Bristol
Rescue work in Dapps Hill, Keynsham
The 110 foot long Bailey Bridge at Keynsham after the flood, 1968
The centre of Frome in Somerset became a massive duckpond
The civil defence volunteers serve tea during the big clean-up, Dapps Hill, Keynsham
Three people died when their car was washed from this bridge, Keynsham, 1968
Will’s tobacco factory under water in East Street, Bedminster, Bristol
Willsbridge Mill, South Gloucestershire
Willsbridge was hit by a tidal wave of water from the mill
Winterstoke Road looking towards Ashton Containers in the morning after the storm
Winterstoke Road, blocked by a mile of water and abandoned vehicles, Bristol
All that was left of the historic County Bridge at Keynsham
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Ashton Gate, Bristol

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