View of section of sea wall at Towyn that failed on 26 February 1990, taken at night

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

Reference
- GB 2008 CP359/40
Dates of Creation
- 1990 Feb 12
Physical Description
- 1 item

Scope and Content

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Towyn FloodsCP359

Group portrait of the Disaster TeamCP359/1

Contact prints with a mixture of scenes of flooding and of people who have had to evacuate their housesCP359/2

View of floodwater in Seabank Road, Towyn, with lorries driving throughCP359/3

Bungalows in Towyn with deep floodwaterCP359/4

Flooded road in Towyn with estate agent's 'For Sale' sign in foregroundCP359/5

Flood victims in a community building with Prince CharlesCP359/6

Mrs Eccles being carried from a Mountain Rescue LandroverCP359/7

Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel Evacuation Refuge with residents seated in groupsCP359/8

Woman sitting in evacuation centre with pet cats in baskets and a poodleCP359/9

The evacuation centre in Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel, full of black bags of donated clothes and blanketsCP359/10

Children being entertained by a magicianCP359/11

Team from Gwent Social Services with their Landrovers outside Kinmel Bay LibraryCP359/12

Beds and bedding in the evacuation centre at BodelwyddanCP359/13

Another view of the evacuation centre at Bodelwyddan, with queues of people and beddingCP359/14

Visit of Princess DianaCP359/15-17

Bungalows in Towyn with gardens full of rubble after the floodCP359/18

Views of Towyn houses with heaps of furniture and other household contents strewn over their gardensCP359/19-24

Man in Towyn house indicating level that floodwater rose to on the wallCP359/25

Woman in wheelchair inspecting the interior of a kitchen, after Towyn flood subsidedCP359/26

Rocks placed on the beach at Towyn as sea defencesCP359/27-28

Crowd of people in a shop carrying bags marked 'Free Sack'; one woman wears a tee-shirt saying 'Towyn Street Party Committee'CP359/29

Children in creches that were set up following the Towyn floodCP359/30-32

Towyn Community Centre emergency advice groupCP359/33

Emergency advice and information centre in Abergele LibraryCP359/34-37

Paddling a dinghy along one of the flooded Towyn streetsCP359/38

Contact sheet with 12 prints of social workers involved with the aftermath of flooding at TowynCP359/39

View of section of sea wall at Towyn that failed on 26 February 1990, taken at nightCP359/40

The sea wall at Towyn at the top of Sandbank road, before it was breached, showing waves breaking over the topCP359/41

Sea wall showing large concrete slabs strewn on the foreshore and a lorryCP359/42

The place where the sea wall had been, after its destructionCP359/43

View of the demolished sea wall, looking towards TowynCP359/44

Car progressing along Rhyl Promenade, into enormous waveCP359/45

Rescue boat sailing up Llys Madoc road, Towyn , whilst helicopter hovers overhead.CP359/46

Dinghy being paddled along Llys Madoc road, TowynCP359/47

Rescue boat and police outside the Seagull Inn, Towyn RoadCP359/48

Landrover driving through deep water in Sandbank Road, TowynCP359/49

Car in deep water outside a house in Sandbank Road, TowynCP359/50

View of Llys Madoc, Towyn with a Crosville bus and several cars stranded in the flood waterCP359/51

View of the 'Happy Days' holiday camp, Towyn, under floodCP359/52

View of caravan park under water, TowynCP359/53

Aerial photograph showing the extent of flooding in Towyn around the church and school in the centre and extending to the seaCP359/54

RNLI rescue boat with police and other people involved in the rescue effort in TowynCP359/55

Interior of Towyn house, now gutted after the floodCP359/56