Old London Road Flood, 1936.

iBase ID

10363

Title

Old London Road Flood, 1936.

Short Title

Old London Road Flood, 1936.

Collection

[not our collections]

Sub collection

Wickens Family

Description

Flooding on Old London Road, St Albans. This flood was the result of a storm on 21st June 1936, during which several buildings in St Albans were struck by lightening, including St Albans Abbey. The Fitzjohn family lived at 71 Old London Road at this time and their house and posessions were badly damaged by this flood, particularly the basement. Kindly loaned to St Albans Museums for reproduction and inclusion in this image database from the family collection of Mrs M. Wickens (nee Fitzjohn).

Type of Original

photographic print

Original Photographer or Artist

Fitzjohn, Frederick Charles

Date of Original

1936

Period of Original

inter-War years (1918 - 1939)

Neg No.

PX9887

High Resolution File Name

PX9887_flood.tif

High Resolution CD No

CD 1009

Scanned From

12)original photograph

Scanned By

Amy Cooke

2)© reserved

Location in Image

Old London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

Compiled By

Amy Cooke

Date Compiled

01/05/2009

Original File Details

Uploaded By

tasks-admin

Uploaded On

2016-02-29 21:37:37

File Name

21831_4.jpg

File Type

Image

File Extension

JPEG

Size

500.00 KB

Height (pixels)

2924 px

Width (pixels)

2120 px

Views

Subjects

Materials > Paper

Nature > Weather and natural phenomena

Object Names > Photograph

Places > English Counties > Hertfordshire

Places > Places in Hertfordshire > St Albans

Places > UK Countries > England