July 1968 Pensford Somerset
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Somerset’s rivers, streams and brooks were unable to cope with the torrential rainfall and began to burst their banks and flood the valleys around them.
Normally quiet, tranquil waterways were transformed into forceful torrents which swept away trees, cars and bridges.
Pensford in Somerset which along with the rest of the Chew valley suffered severe flooding on the 10 and 11 July 1968.
These events were reported on the 11 July in The Evening Post which carried this:
"Pensford was a village without a heart this afternoon – a bitter, bewildered village ripped apart by a 12-foot tidal wave," and according to reports eight people died in the region that night.
On the 12 July the Somerset Guardian reported that:
"Chaos and desolation over a wide area of North Somerset followed Wednesday night’s torrential storms, in which Pensford was the worst hit. Over seven-and-a-half- inches of rain fell in the Pensford area."
@News Stills Library
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