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Extreme Weather
Picture 1
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Floods at Pickering, 25 August
1927. This Daimler bus was owned
by the United Bus Company and ran
from Lockton, Pickering and
Malton to York. On the right
Eddie Smith can be seen rowing
rowing his boat through the
flood. The Bridge Street signal
box can be seen behind the
railway wall. The old railway
track is now The Ropery Road.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 2
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Flood in Eastgate, 7 September
1927. Two lorries pass each other
on the flooded road. The
buildings on the left have since
been demolished to make way for
Orchard Close - Bungalows and the
North Yorkshire County Council
(NYCC) Highways Department have
built a pedestrian crossing, just
in front of the two lorries.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 3
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Floods, 23 July 1930. The car
is attempting to travel through
the flood at the bottom of Market
Place. Many of the cars stalled
in the floodwater, the only sure
way of crossing was by horse and
cart. Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 4
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Floods, with the railway line
pictured on the right. The wooden
benches have been moved from the
railway wall and placed in the
floodwater to form a temporary
footbridge for pedestrians.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 5
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Floods in Hungate, September
1931. This United Bus Company -
bus is pictured in Hungate on its
journey to Scarborough. The
building on the right has since
been demolished and replaced by
the over sixties club. Note the
two railway coal wagons on the
left standing above the coal bays
in Chadwicks coal yard. Picture
By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 6
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Floods at Pickering 1931. Mr.
Bob Bowman, Revd Bunhall (vicar
of Pickering), and Ernest Hesp
stand in a car at the bottom of
Pickering Market Place. The three
men were stranded after Bob's
bull nose Morris car stalled,
following a bet that he could
drive through floodwater. Picture
By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 7
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Floods at the bottom of Market
Place, Pickering, September 1931.
The horse called Bonnie, was
owned by Pickering Urban Council.
With Shields Coates driving and
Billy Sparks helping, they are
transporting people through the
floodwater. The lady standing at
the front of the coach is Miss
Hood. Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 8
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Floods, 22 May 1932. Eddie
Smith is seen rowing his boat up
Newbridge Road, at Undercliffe.
Pickering Railway Station wall is
on the left and Bakers High Mill
is in the background. Picture By:
Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 9
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Floods, 22 May 1932. Sidney
Smith's car is being driven up
Newbridge Road, at Undercliffe by
Eddie Smith, with Mark Ward laid
on the back of the car, towing
Mr. Smith's home made boat. The
girl in the boat is Eileen Ward.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 10
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Violent hail storm at
Pickering 5 June 1935. Workmen
from Pickering Urban District
Council are clearing a footpath
in Park Street after a freak hail
storm in June. The man in the
shop doorway id Reg Barber and
the third from the left is Jim
Miller, the council foreman.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Extreme Weather
Picture 11
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A milk collection lorry, part
of the Acey Group, drive through
floodwater on the road at
Newbridge, in the 1960's. The
lorry was owned by L. F.
Robinson, haulage contractor of
Whitby. The aluminium cans or
churns were collected full and
empty ones were left in exchange
at the farm entrance each day.
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