On Friday, 20th July 2007 months-worth of rain fell within a few hours causing severe flooding across wide areas of the UK- and Aldermaston was not spared.As in many areas, the deluge overwhelmed local drainage and ditches and many householders had to be evacuated for months until their houses could be dried out. The Primary School was greatly affected and again it took months for things to return to normal. There was a lot of Press overage which is featured in a separate post, “2007 Flood – press coverage“.
The following photos show some of the consequences.
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Catherine,
Thank you for getting in touch and I apologise for such a tardy response!
We are gathering, albeit slowly, lots of photographs and loading them onto the website as a record of Aldermaston’s rich history. We don’t have a schedule for this as it is done by volunteers. I would suggest that you pop back occasionally and use the good search capability on the website which will help you find pictures and stories. You could also join our mailing list where we try to let people know what has been loaded, Mailing List registration found under “Contact Us”.
If you have any photos yourself that you think would add to the story of Aldermaston we’d love to have them on the website.
Thanks again for getting in touch.
Chris
Vice-Chair
I’ve just come across your page whilst in a conversation with my children about where I went to school. I was happy to find these lovely pictures.
I was wondering if you often add more pictures? As it would be lovely to see some of the old school building and of the flood in the 80’s ,I think 1988 it was.
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