I remember it well, we lived on Police Station Lane, (now Dukes Lane) and on February 1st, because our school was flooded, (Technical High School) my brother and myself decided to go and ''have a look'' finding the two barn/shed doors, we had a go at rafting, I remember it well, I fell in, not long after the photograph was taken.

i well remember 31 1 1953 as usual iwas going roller skating in the winter gardens on arrival we were told due to high winds the glass in building was unsafe so we made our way to the empire cinema during the film a message came on the screen for anyone living in cobholm and southtown to go home at once no reason was given but when the film was over a message was shown telling everyone to leave the cinema by the side exit doors on leaviing we walked to front of the cinema to find the sea lapping the front steps when i got home to havelock road the water was all over the road but not in the house my father was a coach driver for norfolk moter services and he had parked his bedford coach in clarence road outside richmand & pritchards garage and all you could see was the coach roof you can see a pitcure of this in the time tide muesuem at the time i was an apprentice at h cole & company in steam mill lane when i went to work the next day all the workshops were deep in mud &water and it took sometime to get back in working order A Symonds 4 Overmead Green Oxford 0x46dj

Yes I remember the floods of 1953, I would be about 8 at the time. We lived at no. 95 St.Nicholas Road, opposite Smiths fish and chip shop where my mother worked. We stood on the doorstep until very late watching the progress of the flood water. Fortunately it stopped at the silk mills pub.

hiya my nanny and grandad got married in the floods and they sed it was terrible in the flood feb 1953 and they told me how bad it was from Southtown and Cobholm and I hope there isn't anymore bad floods because I really like it there it is where I originally come from. 20/08/2010

I remember my dad lifting me up on his shoulder to take us out of the flooded house on Breydon Road, Cobholm and into an army lorry which eventually took us to Caister Holiday camp!

I can remember the flood of 53. I would be about 5 at the time. We lived on Jellicoe Rd ,my father was a policeman.  I can remember him coming home soaking wet ,he took off his wellington boots and water came out of them over the kitchen floor. We didn't see much of him over the next few days ,only to change into dry clothing and go back on duty, I can remember my mother taking me over Jellicoe bridge to the sea wall and looking at the water lapping up the wall.  It would have been a few hundred yards normally to the sea.  We were luckier than a lot of people, especially those in Cobham and Southtown. At the time you didn't realise how bad things were for them, but in later years on looking back ,I felt sorrow ,then admiration for them.  They didn't moan ,they just carried on as best they could . It was great when the waters subsided cause we saw more of my dad. I do believe several police officers at the time were given commendations for their service above and beyond the call of duty.

In responce to Mr Mike Griffin's letter dated 19/12/2008 of the floods of 1953. I remember him and his mother as I also lived on St Nicholas Road at No 86 with my mother and grandfather George Nichols, who was a previous landlord of the Silk Mills pub. Also my uncle Bob Nichols of Nichols Taxis lived next door at No 87. Another of my uncles Reggie Nichols that lived on Tottenham Street had a side show on the Britannia Pier with "Billy The Scroby Seal". The show later moved to a site on the beach near the walkway under the Pier, but as a result of the flood water that swept up the beach on that fateful night both Billy and side show were sadly swept away. Any information as to peoples memories of Reggie or Billy would be very useful. I also remember the Priory school being used as a depot for donated goods to be distrubuted to flood victims. Roy Nichols 11/2/2011

I remember the 53 floods very well. I was about 6 and we lived in Common road, Southtown. I remember the flood water rushing through the allotments. A neighbour had a punt and punted against the tide to get the animals out of the allotments. He was one of the Grant family and a brave chap. I remember looking out of my bedroom window at the water below the railway line. A frightening and fascinating time.