Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
MISCELLANEOUS TAPES
Scope and Content:
Title: THE GREAT TIDE
Speaker(s): JARVIS, ANTON
Date of broadcast: 31 JAN 93
Length of tape: 55 MINS
Depositor: BREEZE AM
Restrictions: BREEZE AM
Synopsis of tape: THE STORY OF THE 1953 FLOODS IN ESSEX; NUMBERS OF DEAD, HOMELESS AND AREA FLOODED; DESCRIPTION OF WEATHER AND SURGE TIDE; STORIES FROM HARWICH, CORYTON, JAYWICK, FOULNESS, GREAT WAKERING, TILBURY, PARKESTONE QUAY AND CANVEY ISLAND; EVACUATION OF CANVEY ISLAND, RESCUE OPERATION; VISITS BY ROYALTY; LONG TASK OF CLEARING UP; SEA DEFENCES MUCH STRENGTHENED BUT WARNING THAT TIDES ARE GETTING HIGHER.
Dates of Creation:
1993

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Floods THE GREAT TIDE, 1993
Document Types Sound recording THE GREAT TIDE, 1993