StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Bristol Avon

Residents in Chippenham say the flooding there from Storm Bert is some of the worst they've seen since the 1960s. This old B&W image [which is not mine] almost certainly dates from the same storm that flooded the River Chew valley on the 10th July 1968. I was at School in Keynsham - where the Chew flowed into the [Bristol] Avon - and remember amongst all the destruction, that a car was washed up in the "park" under the bypass bridge, and that 3 of the 4 original occupants had drowned. The sole survivor was found in a tree. The whole series of events affected me and recently seeing a documentary about it reminded me of the devastation. summary in wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chew_Stoke_flood not my image : fair use & public information