We moved to tilbury in the 70s, it didnt take long to notice a line on the walls went all round, bricks under the line all slightly different to over, out of curiosity i asked our elderly neighbour about it, and that was when i first heard about the floods of 53, i kept asking questions so he told me to pop in to tilbury museum and there it all was pics, relics, stories and alsorts, the story of the baby in the pram was so sad and now iv noticed that many Muriel's on the sea wall have the carrage on them 😢
I remember this quite clearly. I lived in Southend and was at school that day, WE had our assembly, notices and The Lord's prayer. Our school, Southend High for Girls, had quite a few students from Canvey., as did many of our local highschools, both secondary grammar and modern probably did as well. If I recall properly, I believe we had a call to assembly sometime later that day, and our Headmistress, Miss Cowell gave us the news,
A tank engine on a local train heading for Lowestoft was hit on the smokebox by a bungalow carried on a wave of water. The fire was put out and the moon revealed water all around, even covering the tracks on the low embankment. After a while, with the guard's axe and his broken floorboards, the fire was relighted and the train cautiously continued its journey though the rails were covered with water and all in the moonlight.
We moved to tilbury in the 70s, it didnt take long to notice a line on the walls went all round, bricks under the line all slightly different to over, out of curiosity i asked our elderly neighbour about it, and that was when i first heard about the floods of 53, i kept asking questions so he told me to pop in to tilbury museum and there it all was pics, relics, stories and alsorts, the story of the baby in the pram was so sad and now iv noticed that many Muriel's on the sea wall have the carrage on them 😢
I remember this and the Lynmouth floods so well despite being a child at the time.
I remember this quite clearly. I lived in Southend and was at school that day, WE had our assembly, notices and The Lord's prayer. Our school, Southend High for Girls, had quite a few students from Canvey., as did many of our local highschools, both secondary grammar and modern probably did as well. If I recall properly, I believe we had a call to assembly sometime later that day, and our Headmistress, Miss Cowell gave us the news,
A tank engine on a local train heading for Lowestoft was hit on the smokebox by a bungalow carried on a wave of water. The fire was put out and the moon revealed water all around, even covering the tracks on the low embankment. After a while, with the guard's axe and his broken floorboards, the fire was relighted and the train cautiously continued its journey though the rails were covered with water and all in the moonlight.
Mac..a very brave man
First time hearing about this, was there ever a movie based on this terrible event?
mmm be interesting if we can 'blow it all wide open' especially if it turns out to be a 'who dunnit' !
So global warming started as far back as then 🤷♂️🤦😆
Imagine if it happened today .......global warming Armageddon 😮😮😮