These Edwardian boys have been drawn to the flooded low-lying fields of the Aire Valley between Stockbridge and Utley
THESE Edwardian boys have been drawn to the flooded low-lying fields of the Aire Valley between Stockbridge and Utley.
This may have been in late 1901, when a lengthy spell of dry weather was followed by a series of showers culminating in “a steady and continuous rain” for ten days.
The Rivers Aire and Worth and the North Beck overflowed their banks, submerging thousands of acres.
The Aire Valley has always been subject to flooding.
In 1867, the area above and below Stockbridge became “one huge sheet of water”, which was able to get away quickly through gaps made in walls by floods in 1866!
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