Flooding at Woodview in 1973

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Date:21st of May 1973

Description:The headmaster of Lee Bank Primary School recorded his thoughts on the flooding of May 21st 1973 in the school diary. The pictures are cuttings from the Birmingham Evening Mail. The diary entry reads as follows:

"On this day during a thunderstorm which lasted only one hour (4pm to 5pm). Over one inch of rain fell resulting in partial flooding of the ground floor of the junior school. Fortunately the caretaker and his staff were on hand to take immediate action and no permanent damage was caused to the structure of the school. A pool of water covered the front infants' playground and extended from the main entrance of the infants' school to that of the junior school. To get from one school to the other the cleaners had to take off their tights and wade across!"

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Woodview Junior and Infants Woodview Schools and Colleges Natural Disasters Edgbaston 1946 - 1975 (Mid 20th Century)

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Image courtesy of: Woodview Primary School

Donor ref:Steve Poole/ Woodview Primary School (67/7960)

Source: Mr Ron Butler , Mrs Gwen Hatton , Ms Angela Dyer , Mrs May Williams , Mr Arthur Sadler , Mrs Janet Abbotts , Ms Rose Pearson , Mrs Dolly Ray , Mrs Pamela Edwards , Mrs Betty Queen , Mr Ken Smith , Ms Julia Wagstaffe , Woodview Primary School , Ms Carol Woolley , St Thomas's School , E.R. Mason Youth Centre , Mr Bernard Allen , Mrs Gladys Russell , Mrs Pat Jones , Ms Angela Maloney , St Thomas Old Scholars , Mr Ken Bonham

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