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1953 floods - a week in pictures
Newspapers from 1953 reveal the impact of the floods on Lincolnshire. Take a look through some amazing images captured at the time - please be aware they may take a few moments to download.

Mablethorpe sea wall.
This image from Mablethorpe shows the collapse of the sea wall and the power of the tide which demolished homes


Butlins holiday camp in Skegness - caravans lie smashed.
A row of shattered and half submerged caravans at Butlins holiday camp, Skegness

It was not only people who were caught up in the floods - here a group of cows stand stranded in the floodwater.
It was not only people who were caught up in the floods - here a group of cows stand stranded in the floodwater.

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See also: Eyewitness accounts of the 1953 floods | Flood facts | Flooding then and now | Useful links | Flood Awareness


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