The Flood

Today I had a day off work, and as Brian is off too, we went over to Horncastle, a little market town about 20 miles away. It is known for antique shops, of which there are many.

I grew up about eight miles from Horncastle, and it's where I attended Grammar school from the age of 11. I was surprised that there are so many food premises - cafes, restaurants etc. that are there now. I think there was one cafe, one restaurant, two chippies and a Chinese take away back in the day! I'm surprised it can sustain so many as it has now! Only three businesses are still there from when I lived there: the newsagent, an electrical shop and a hardware shop (I worked for a time in the branch of the hardware shop that was in my village. It has closed now.)

The weather was not great today and we got caught in a heavy shower - after we'd eaten the chips we bought for lunch, fortunately! We'd managed to get several shots before this too, thank goodness!

I have chosen this one which shows the height the water reached when the town suffered flooding in October 1960. My parents married on 1 October that year, and returned from their honeymoon in Blackpool to find the town, where they were living at the time flooded!