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Bungalows in Towyn with deep floodwater
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Bungalows in Towyn with deep floodwater
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Gwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service
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GB 2008 CP359/4
Dates of Creation
1990
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Towyn Floods
CP359
Group portrait of the Disaster Team
CP359/1
Contact prints with a mixture of scenes of flooding and of people who have had to evacuate their houses
CP359/2
View of floodwater in Seabank Road, Towyn, with lorries driving through
CP359/3
Bungalows in Towyn with deep floodwater
CP359/4
Flooded road in Towyn with estate agent's 'For Sale' sign in foreground
CP359/5
Flood victims in a community building with Prince Charles
CP359/6
Mrs Eccles being carried from a Mountain Rescue Landrover
CP359/7
Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel Evacuation Refuge with residents seated in groups
CP359/8
Woman sitting in evacuation centre with pet cats in baskets and a poodle
CP359/9
The evacuation centre in Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel, full of black bags of donated clothes and blankets
CP359/10
Children being entertained by a magician
CP359/11
Team from Gwent Social Services with their Landrovers outside Kinmel Bay Library
CP359/12
Beds and bedding in the evacuation centre at Bodelwyddan
CP359/13
Another view of the evacuation centre at Bodelwyddan, with queues of people and bedding
CP359/14
Visit of Princess Diana
CP359/15-17
Bungalows in Towyn with gardens full of rubble after the flood
CP359/18
Views of Towyn houses with heaps of furniture and other household contents strewn over their gardens
CP359/19-24
Man in Towyn house indicating level that floodwater rose to on the wall
CP359/25
Woman in wheelchair inspecting the interior of a kitchen, after Towyn flood subsided
CP359/26
Rocks placed on the beach at Towyn as sea defences
CP359/27-28
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 flood
CP359/30-32
Towyn Community Centre emergency advice group
CP359/33
Emergency advice and information centre in Abergele Library
CP359/34-37
Paddling a dinghy along one of the flooded Towyn streets
CP359/38
Contact sheet with 12 prints of social workers involved with the aftermath of flooding at Towyn
CP359/39
View of section of sea wall at Towyn that failed on 26 February 1990, taken at night
CP359/40
The sea wall at Towyn at the top of Sandbank road, before it was breached, showing waves breaking over the top
CP359/41
Sea wall showing large concrete slabs strewn on the foreshore and a lorry
CP359/42
The place where the sea wall had been, after its destruction
CP359/43
View of the demolished sea wall, looking towards Towyn
CP359/44
Car progressing along Rhyl Promenade, into enormous wave
CP359/45
Rescue boat sailing up Llys Madoc road, Towyn , whilst helicopter hovers overhead.
CP359/46
Dinghy being paddled along Llys Madoc road, Towyn
CP359/47
Rescue boat and police outside the Seagull Inn, Towyn Road
CP359/48
Landrover driving through deep water in Sandbank Road, Towyn
CP359/49
Car in deep water outside a house in Sandbank Road, Towyn
CP359/50
View of Llys Madoc, Towyn with a Crosville bus and several cars stranded in the flood water
CP359/51
View of the 'Happy Days' holiday camp, Towyn, under flood
CP359/52
View of caravan park under water, Towyn
CP359/53
Aerial photograph showing the extent of flooding in Towyn around the church and school in the centre and extending to the sea
CP359/54
RNLI rescue boat with police and other people involved in the rescue effort in Towyn
CP359/55
Interior of Towyn house, now gutted after the flood
CP359/56