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31st January 2003
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Photographs supplied by Derek Swann, Felixstowe.

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SEE ALSO

East Coast Floods 1953 main index

BBC Weather Centre: East Coast Floods 1953

FACTS

1953 EAST COAST FLOODS:

307 people drowned

24,000 homes flooded

1,200 breaches along 1,000 miles of coastline

160,000 acres of farmland flooded

46,000 livestock lost

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Looking towards The Ordnance. On the left the old gas works, above the caravan site. You can see the main railway line. Langer Road School in the middle. Langer Road runs parallel to the railway line.

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Looking toward the Docks and the Manor Club. The breakwaters are on the left, but the main influx of water came from the right. You can see the old coastguard station on Wireless Green and the Herman de Stern. Langer Road is in the top right hand corner.

Drying out at the RAF Station.

Damage to the Manor House swimming pool.

Langer Road - Coastguard entrance.

RAF station, Felixstowe.

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