The great floods of 1947

By Paul Homewood   In the second half of March 1947, the most catastrophic river floods for at least 200 years occurred in the United Kingdom. Aerial view of flooding from the River Thames, Walton, Surrey in 1947 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/10631218/Deja-vu-Thames-floods-of-1947.html   In 1947, Britain had hardly started the job of recovering from the war which had … Continue reading The great floods of 1947