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| frontcentre Quote | Reply | | Langley Mill Floods posted on: 4/19/2007 5:55:06 AM Since the Erewash had the habit of flooding every so often - is there a record of when that happened and how often? Was searching through some family records and heres a date: 25 September 1957 - Langley Mill flooded. There has been some mention somewhere else on the site but I cant remember where. |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 4/19/2007 7:01:51 AM Photographs of Langley Mill Floods on main History Site Bygone Langley Mill shows a Photograph of floods in 1932 |
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suzard
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replied on: 5/25/2007 12:36:47 PM The Gazette June 3rd 1932 Langley Mill Flood Salvage Residents in Langley Mill declare that the district has not suffered from such a severe flooding as that of a fortnight ago for almost 40 years. During the beginning of last week, bargain sales of damaged stock were cionducted bty the local tradesmen who had suffered most, on similar lines to those which were held at the badly affected stores in derby. Rolls of material in the shop of Mr Cave in Station Rd, were still wet at the beginning of this week. he said he had sold practically all the stock which had been damaged, and had parted with certain material at 2d per yard! Other shopkeepers whose goods were not so much the worse after a soaking sold off damaged goods at half price. We understand that the insurance policy offered to registered readers of "John Bull" is the only one of its kind which covers loss through flooding. The clause policy states:"A limit of £300 for loss caused by storm, tempest, or flood to household furniture and personal effects".In the conditions it is stated that:"Applications for benefit in respect of any one accident or event which is confined to one of the benefits must be forwarded in handwriting in seven days, and application for household effects in under 48 hours." Mr cave is insured under the "John Bull" insurance. he sent in a claim and has received an acknowledgment. Mr Saxton of Cromford road, another shopkeeper in the same indsurance, has also sent in his application, and, since most of his loss was furniture, he hopes to receive benefit. The insurance does not cover stock, only household effects. It is generally believed that the serious damage done in the Cromford Road and Station Road areas was on account of the piece of waste land which lies back from Cromford Road, leaving a flat surface right to the Erewash basin. It was over this area that the water first advanced towards the shops in cromford road. When the floods began to subside the water flowed away over the same course. A "Gazette" reporter asked Mr R.Archer, the district engineer and surveyor, if the Council were going to take steps to prevent flooding in the langley Mill vicinity. Mr Archer said that floods used to occur in the olden dats owing to the inefficiency of the sewers. "With the new sewerage scheme nearing completion", he added, "flooding will be considerably minimised. By that I mean that with normal rainfall there will not be any flooding at all, but taking the rainfall during the last fortnight-well, neither the Council nor any other body could stop it". Mr Archer also pointed out that it was remarkable that certain places in the district which had not been affected by the floods of a fortnight ago, had difficulty last Sunday when there was a comparitively light fall of rain. Asked if he considered that the occasional flooding of langley Mill justified the building of an embankment to prevent the erewash from overflowing its banks, he said that there was such a narrow passage through which water could flow that such a scheme would need very careful investigation. Help for Flood Victims A meeting was held on Tuesday in the Boys school to consider what relief could be offered to the inhabitants affected. The vicar Rev L.U.Green occupied the chair, and there were also present Councillors T. Horsley, J.Wood, H. Quantrill, S.Bradley and H. Neal. The Vicar reported that his appeal for assistance for the distressed families had met with a generous response from the limited number of firms to whom he had appealed. Supplies of coal had been sent to nearly every house affected by the flood, and these will be repeated before the weeken. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 5/25/2007 6:26:26 PM quote: So, this flat piece of land. Are we talking about Parliament Square? Of was it the land further up Cromford Road, where the Regal site was? Or somewhere else? I know when I lived on Cromford Road in the late 1960's (or early 70's) the Erewash burst its banks, and we had flood water rise as far as the step to the back door of our house (directly opposite Gladstone Street), but fortunately not beyond that. |
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suzard
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replied on: 5/25/2007 7:13:45 PM It would be Parliament Square,or the Croft as we knew it, Robert. I remember the floods ocurring a few times in 1950's and early 60's. They always seemed to start from the area at the back of the Croft -sometimes they stopped at the bottom of Queen St, sometimes they went a little further. We thought it was wonderful - a few of the boys made rafts out of planks of wood attached to the old crisp tins (Everest crisp tins!!) and we were given rides through the floods (Langley Mill regatta!!).The milkman waded through the floods to make deliveries - I remember the people who lived in the shops opposite the Croft lowering baskets on rope from the upstairs windows so the milkman could "deliver" - Then, probably late fifties, early 1960's -the "pipes" arrived -the back of the Croft housed enormous white pipes - as high as an adult -and for a long time work was carried out which was to end the fear (or in our case excitement) of flooding. The"pipes" were a another source of entertainment for the local children - they became climbing frames, tunnels, and if anyone could climb astride them, they became Silver, the Lone rangers horse. In the evenings the "pipes" became secluded places for courting couples -but that's enough about that..... |
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paulr
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replied on: 5/29/2007 3:47:05 PM I remember one day in Winter 1953/4 when I delivered papers for Wiliamsons my round was Cromford road, and Woodlinkin finishing opposite Ormonde Golf Course. I picked my papers up round about 4,o,clock and the River Erewash was full to the brim, I finished my round and in those days we had to take our paper bags back to the shop, I got to the bottom of Dean street and no further, in the space of about 45 minutes the River had come over and Langley Mill bottom was flooded. We used to go to Sunday School with two girls, Pauline and Janice from Cromford road on the same side as Roberts and I can remember the floods in their back gardens,and half way up Frank Sissons builders yard. |
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suzard
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replied on: 5/31/2007 7:43:06 PM The Gazette Nov 22nd 1935 Reidents of the low lying quarters of langley Mill took precautions against floods on Sunday Morning, following the heavy rains of Thursday and Friday and their reumption on Sunday. Fortunately their precautions were uneccesary, for although at one time assuming threatening proportions the flood water subsided before much inconvenience had been caused. The Bailey Brook rose to a high level at the entrance to the fields on Sunday morning, and milk floats coming from the farms were up to their axles in water. The water reached the back of Mr W. Barker's printing works and completely flooded several nearby gardens. At Milnhay the brook was also considerably swollen, flooding the fields but fortunately the Council's precautions in altering the bed of the stream prevented the water rising sufficiently to threaten the houses. People living in the cottages at Canal Side derby Road, prepared for the expected flood but the water did not rise high enough to trouble them. The fields at the rear of the cottages were flooded, however, Mr and mrs Howell, who live down the canal side were caused some anxiety when the water reached their outbuildings. A remarkable feature of the floods was that no fewer than 13 swans were seen on the flooded meadows at the rear of Smith's Mill on Monday, remaining there until the water subsided. |
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