Deja vu: Thames floods of 1947. In pictures: the worst overall 20th century flood of the River Thames, March 1947. 11 February 2014 • 4:42pm .

The most severe flooding incidents were in 1928 – when the river burst its banks, inundating parts of central London and drowning 14 people – and 1947, when a sudden thaw after a severe winter ...

'Floods and Freezes' exhibition at Spelthorne Museum showcases fascinating photos from 1947 to 2014. ... Thames Street in Staines was flooded in 1915 ...

1947 saw the worst flood of the River Thames in the 20th Century. There's a great picture of a rowing boat outside R.Horn Hairdresser and Tobacconist in Caversham in the gallery, ...

At their height, flood waters in Oxford exceeded the levels of the “Great flood” of 1947. ... has been temporarily suspended due to the severe flooding. When the Thames burst its banks, ...

Emergency workers rescued hundreds of trapped people Monday as water swallowed swaths of central England in the worst flooding to hit the country in 60 years. Officials said some rivers were still ...

March 1947’s floods across the Thames Valley caused major disruption and were caused by runoff from rain and snowmelt. About 1,600 homes were affected in Reading.

But in the winter of 1947 her bus journeys stopped for about three weeks because of the flooding of the River Thames. She said: “I remember going to school in the snow, then there was a thaw ...