Here is an interesting film requested by Mike Hudson from the Little Bit of History series. You may have seen the flood level signs scattered around the city but what really happened in 1912? And it all happened in August! What areas of Norwich were worst hit? How many people died? 3500 homes and 15,000 people were affected but how many people lost their homes? Which King and Queen made a personal contribution to the emergency fund? To find out the answers to these questions and more related information please select the following link, you can play the film by selecting the play button (you may need to move the red bar back to the start):
Here is a supplemental article from the Broadland Memories Blog about the 1912 Flood. There are some wonderful pictures of the damage caused and how people coped in the crisis. You can access this article via the below link:
https://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2012/08/1912-floods-photo-gallery/
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