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Swanage was one of many places in England to suffer flooding in 1990. In early February of that year a combination of severe rain, saturated ground, a poorly maintained culvert through the middle of the town, and a high tide in the bay impeding the passage of water from the land, caused the flooding shown here.
The film begins looking at the railway from the bridge in Victoria Avenue, then at the adjacent business park, Prospect Farm and the putting greens opposite, then travelling along Victoria Avenue into town (towards the sea).
We then move to Kings Road West, near the Post Office and Conservative Club, moving away from the centre of town along Kings Road West to the church, going up and down Court Road by the railway yard, before rejoining Kings Road West.
Then a number of pans and views of Kings Road East, Eldon Terrace and individual houses there, many of which suffered floodwater 5-7' in height.
I'm sorry the soundtrack is so faint, it comes from an old video-tape, but please be aware of a couple of louder sections at beginning and end. Annoyingly some of the captions appear several seconds after they should in the second half of the film. There are also a couple of unwanted snippets I could not remove.
My thanks to the brave person who perched on the rear of a tractor to take this unique footage of a local disaster. It is also interesting as a visitor to Swanage to note a number of changes now, and to re-visit how relatives suffered in this flood.