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Balcarres Arms Scholes Concert Ticket 1953
Balcarres Arms Scholes Concert Ticket 1953
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 22146
Ticket for A GRAND CONCERT held at the Balcarres Arms Hotel 20th February 1953. In aid of the FLOOD DISASTER? Does anyone know which flood?
A friend of mine, Martin Ryan, Wigan and Great Britain Rugby Legend, was landlord at the time.

Comment by: ian t on 21st December 2012 at 19:27

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953]here[/url]

Comment by: RON HUNT on 21st December 2012 at 20:16

I was aware of major foods in Norfolk in January 1953, but I thought that this concert may have been related to some local flooding.

Comment by: indalo on 21st December 2012 at 21:27

I,will make a guess that the flood mentioned was the Lynmouth floods

Comment by: Christine Ward. on 21st December 2012 at 22:16

I was 8 at the time of the floods and remember seeing newspaper reports about Mablethorpe where people were on bungalow roofs waiting to be rescued. There was flooding in Holland and as it came down the east coast it got worse. Canvey Island was the worst where many lost whole families.
A poignant TV programme a while back told a story of a large family where the father got most children up into the prefab roof but mum and new baby stayed down until the water filled the pram and drowned the mum. I have never forgotten that it was so terrible. I cannot see anything like that would be allowed to happen now!

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