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DEAL ‘O DOVER 
]ANUARY~6

No. 5482.

  RIVER swamps two villages
THE F LOODS -CARE BAC
Fight to save 
homes from *  
rising river 

THE little Kentish lvillages

 

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of .Barham. is
when flood Wate '

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century on Tuesday night
swamped their homes. A . . V
The flood-swollen Nailbourne stream brokeits ‘ban‘ks:
and the‘ 2,000 inhabitants of the two villages, ‘which ‘lie
between Canterbury and Dover, were hit harder-than "any-
one can remember.

Wednesday was a day for manyto remember—a day
of bathing—as one Woman did—in a neighbour’s house
because of flooded drains in her ownhome; of blockading A
doors with sandbags, and watching floodwaterrise through.
the floodboards; of relying on others for hot meals when j
cooking became impossible. ' . ' ..

But Kent County Council worker 58-year-old Mr. ‘
Charles Kennett Will remember Tuesday ‘night as" thesone;
when he was kept out of a warm bed to operate emergency
traflic lights which were posted on each side of the swirling
floodwater in the main street of Bridge. - , A

Mr. Kennett’s own home at 1, Belle Vue-terr. was
unharmed. But all through Tuesday night he had to keep.
a lonely vigil in a bus shelter on a hard wooden chair,
while red and green lights flicked monotonously on an’d~o‘ff.

In Bridge’s Brewery-lane, where
a. number of old people live, no
house was left untouched.

But, like Mrs. E. G. Blinter, who
lives at Number Four, they took
early precautions born of past ex-
perienees.

VVater first appeared in Mrs. .\Iin-
ter’s house on Monday. "I prepared
for it to flood the night before, so
none of my furniture is damaged,”
she said.

Water, water

.‘\nd like niany people, .\[1‘s. Min-
ter was loth to leave her home
in spite of the floods.

;\ia_\'.”

Butsthe major-and his Wife are
not, going to endure living at
Friends-cottage until then}

After living there for 13 months,
they are now looking for another
home. ' —

“We can’t live here now. It
v.'on’t dry out until the river goes
down,” Major "Austin said.

The major’s ‘car had to be sal-
vaged from the-garage, which was
under three feet of water.

Sandbags—two thousand of them
kept for such occasions—Were
hastily being stacked around houses
in other parts of Barham.

And the Nailbournes only master —


 

 

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Mr; Kennett’s~own home. at r1, ii Belle Vueé-terjr. ‘~wa
unharmed-. But. all through Tuesday _nigh‘t'he h_ad'.to lge’ '
a‘ lonely vigil.._in ‘a bus shelter: on aw.-hard ,wooden_c
while. red and green lights flicked jnonotdnouslyon-v.an
g In Bridge’s‘Brewery-lane, where - K -

2» number of old people live, no

house was left untouched. \. .
Z .~’.But,.like Mrs; E. G. Minter,rwho-
lives at Number  they jtool;
early precautions bor_n~_of past ex-
periences; - ‘ '

Water-first appearedin Mrs. Min-_
Eer’s house on Monday. “I prepared
for it to flood the night before, so
none of my furniture is damaged,”
she said.

Water, water

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not; going to‘ -endure  '
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won't dry out un elzhe -ri
down,” Major ‘Austinfsai
Th3 ti11§.)"o1;’fi . l:ad‘:th—ib§
vage  rem V gar:-age, y;_ c
‘under 1j.hree—‘feet’ laer ‘
Sa;ndba.gs—i:w_v'e-vthonsand
kegig if .

fer was loth t,o_lea.ve.-='her home 

irizspite 1of_tl3e floods. ‘.
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can’t »stay’in ' "s,‘ 

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DLKESTONE o MAIDSTONE o THANET o WEALD 7”’ 644- T
I961 (vi : 7 THE coun-rv
Rea stared at the G,.1'3’.O. as a. Lewspaper N E W S P A P E R 4d.

% CLIFF falls hreaten own
L “AGAIN IN EAST KENT

Ashford

schoolgirl L A 

attacked he
oby «driver e

, 15-year-o1d:Aoshfor‘dTech- 1‘ \
V nical’ College g‘i_rl’_ gag
. ~-ggggk d.g_§g§.‘:§T ' gag ‘evren‘-‘mg! 
T "‘y~ 3. ea ii'r1\'7er asashe eye ed
to her home in [Great Chart. -

The girl told police that she 
was stopped by the driver of a.
stationary car on the main Ash-
ford-'l‘enterde11 road at Bu/Xford
Bridge. _

The driver asked her the way
to W'o1'ten and if she would ao-

conmanv him there in his .car. -.
STRUCK ON HEAD V

When she refused he reached
into the car and drew out a.
wooden instrument with which he
struck her on the head.

At that moment a lorry ap-' 5
nroached from Great Chart. The
car driver hastily apologised to
the gir1—'—and drove off.

The girl gave police descriptions
of the driver and car including a.
registration number.

She said there was a, red-armed
monkey mascot hanging in the
back of the car,

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for miiiciously damaging win-
dows 5.21:} strip lighting at Maid-
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posiiing brc-ken glass on the
highway in Hereford-rd.,. Maid.
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‘xi EXPRESS, JANUARY 5, 1961'

FLOOD WATERS I

 

Twins Peter and David Wells, aged 9, and Katrixia Wooldridge, aged 10, make their
way down Barham mam street

Major I. C. Austin in his flooded Barham home

. the water rose through the
floor, sweeping away the parquet flooring

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PROBATION FOR YOUNG EGERTON WIFE WHO
TOOK FRIEND’S BABY

  The dream world  

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SWEEP INTO

Mr. A. Moores tries to keep the river away from the
door of his new shop in Bridge


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lounge in Anne’s house, Bridge, is flooded for the fifth time . . Cherry, aged
14, and Toby, aged- 7, Hunter get on with _the salvage work

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with the pneumatic drill is digging a charinel at Bridge to help the water to
escape . . _ Background is a buoy to mark the way for motorists

Would rubber bollardsfl

make roads safer ?

County Road Safety Committee, at their meeting

Fuesday at Maidstone, decided to ask the Minis- “I
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, The Bridge
Flood

flooding at Bridge, Mr. V. G
Stockwell, formerly the village
chemist and Bridge-Blean coun
cillo
ment

at

that a drain, outside the cottage

opposite the Red Lion, did not
fulfil its function and he was
told that the water never did run
away.

Then came the floods, that of
which Mr. Stockwell
photographs, and by which his
premises were saved from flood-
ing only by the use of railway
sleepers. After some agitation.
the County and Divisional sur-
veyors arrived, and the latter,
says Mr. Stockwell, denied that

it in.
It ran from the church field

the Nailbourne. It was found
that the drain was completely
blocked, and it was cleared and

further trouble.

a Council meeting, raised the
question of keeping the Nail-
bourne course clear, he was told

the landowners, and that in anfv‘
case the Water Board was tak-
ing away so much' Water that the
Nailbourne would never flow
again! When he pointed out
that the Nailbourne water came
from a different source—a geo-
logical fact—he was told he did
not know what he was talking
about.

Acting on that statement, a
Barham farmer planted a crop
across the Nailbourne course and
put up a fence. In due course,
the Nailbourne flowed and swept
away crop and fence. Referring
to the recent flood, Mr. Stockwell
suggests that, while not imply-
ing that the aforementioned
drain has not been cleared, it
might be worth investigation.
“What I do say,” he adds, “is
that the whole course of the
Nailbourne from Bishopsbourne
to Bekesbourne should be
dredged. That would at least
avoid some of the trouble. ..
The floods prove that what I said

, and tried to have done all those
years ago was right.”

Secremrv 03 *‘~~ “ "

; EaSt ‘

ITH reference to the recent ‘

r, and now living in retire—.
12 Compton Road, -
Addiscombe, Croydon, tells me-
that when he arrived at Bridge ‘
over 30 years ago, he noticed:

that once stood on the corner .

encloses: ‘

there was a drain, whereupon he I -
produced the man who had put .-

under the main road, past the :>
Boys’ Club hut and emptied intc

ar manhole built near the Club _
hut, after which there was no _

Later, when Mr. Stockwell, at V‘

that it was the responsibility of V

Kent Diary

BY GAZETTEER _ d

When Brewery Lane was flooded 30 years ago.

Smith School Canterbury. When V H I was interested t0 read Y°“r
- ’ _ 5 paragraph on the Langton badge.
ms father m°"ed t° D°"°r iUntil I gave it to the School last
§Vii‘§§§«;r§Sii§"tu‘é?§§§’s_13fi». ‘figs Swear, I. also. had keptmy silver
pupil at Dover County Grammar ?  entaj-mtlilkcap badge. 111111153!‘
School. He took a Double First] tr, at’ I 1 ‘T’ y°u’ °°"'e5p°n '
at Camb1.idge_ en s, istsued in _Septernbe_r, 1910.
_H_e joined the Administrative ‘,’f’%,5h5 ‘H W39-‘mg ‘E115; “}7335,31;
Civil Service and was later ‘i: age'g1'°uP ° 9 . 5
assistantfprincipal at the Home iggégss Switt11;l£l11i)WIer11_arI113‘I1m¢IJ3fe rstlréezislel
ggi1§?,:fiy°reDtf§31S§e?1:§ gwgr fig: ! exist, and, doubtless, several City
was principal private secretary  Fathers yet di§P1aY .th°m t° their
to the First Lord, Lord Alex- i 7 oéiethigah dlaéygsaiagziitg

ander of Hillsborough. . . ,
in doing so ! ’

Aged 51 and married, with ‘kick’
three children, he resides at
F.N.

Chislehurst. He has been _
gvgrded the K.B.E. and the',T,HE reférence to FN motm__

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TED THE CANTERBURY PRS. THE nova: STANDA5l{Dk

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961:

  

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F” The Rescue
For‘ a whole week.‘ Mr. A. R.
Clarke was marooned in his

. Bridge chemist’s shop..The pre-

mis_es were freezing cold and
btulsliness was almost at a stand-
s 1 .

On Sunday morning he decided

that he had taken just about as
much as he could stand and so
he rang his M.P. Mr. Leslie
Thomas quickly arrived; and, ‘led

by Mr. G. Baker, began visiting ' A

stricken families and viewing 5'
badly hit property. ' .. ‘
‘Mr Clark told the 5‘Ken‘tish.—

Gazette,” “I did ‘not thinkthat
enough was being done so I rang
Mr.‘ Thomas. I ‘have I been
‘marooned for more than a week
because a bad leg prevents me
from ' wearing rubber boots.”'
Bridge villagers heaved sighs

I of relief on Tuesday when work-

men began pumping flood water

from the main road back into the -
_ Nailbourne. _ .

The Elham Valley road‘ at Bar-._ '
ham was closed to traffic’ .ea.r1y=

on Friday morning because‘of'“the

flooded Nailbourne, but was _re+ :'-

openedafter Canterbury firemen ,-

  

 
 

spen:t_tWo hours pumping water
back, into he stream. ‘ W: '~