Title:
Oral history: Title: Rescue Work During the 1953 Jaywick Floods
Speaker(s): Johnson, George; Frost, Derek; Frost, Audrey
Date of recording: 1/88
Length of tape: 41 mins
Depositor: Clacton and District Local History
Synopsis of tape: Account of rescue work during the 1953 Jaywick floods; story by George Johnson who manned a rescue rowing boat - names of boatmen, mention of 1948/49 floods, ineffectiveness of navy motor boats, lack of warning, possibility of recurrence; description of rescue by survivors Audrey and Derek Frost - location of bungalow, 12 hours on roof, name of rescuer, description of scene; flood relief fund compensation; looting.
Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
CLACTON AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Scope and Content:
Title: Rescue Work During the 1953 Jaywick Floods
Speaker(s): Johnson, George; Frost, Derek; Frost, Audrey
Date of recording: 1/88
Length of tape: 41 mins
Depositor: Clacton and District Local History
Synopsis of tape: Account of rescue work during the 1953 Jaywick floods; story by George Johnson who manned a rescue rowing boat - names of boatmen, mention of 1948/49 floods, ineffectiveness of navy motor boats, lack of warning, possibility of recurrence; description of rescue by survivors Audrey and Derek Frost - location of bungalow, 12 hours on roof, name of rescuer, description of scene; flood relief fund compensation; looting.
Dates of Creation:
1988
Extent:
40 mins

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Crime Rescue Work During the 1953 Jaywick Floods, 1988
Subjects Floods Rescue Work During the 1953 Jaywick Floods, 1988
Document Types Sound recording Rescue Work During the 1953 Jaywick Floods, 1988