Knightsford Bridge after the floods, in 1938. Here you can see the flood damage, the amount of river debris, mostly tree branches and logs would have been putting a considerable strain on the centre pillar, and the force of the river's destruction of the river bank can be seen. Also on the right it can be seen that a lot of damage is being caused to the flying butress support wall.

Photo of flood damage taken on the 16th February 1939. Even more damage to the river bank has occured and someone is precaresly close to what looks like the next piece of land that will slide away into the rivers bed. A steam roller or traction engine is standing by a shepherds hut, so perhaps work men are there and will be going to attempt ot sure up the river bank. I can see the green house in the Post Office garden, that stood there all the days from my birth in 1949 until I left in 1978.

 

 

Photo taken in 1940, showing that the centre pillar of the bridge has now been reinforced and the main flow of the river has now been diverted, hopefully to prevent any further erosure to the river bank, which can be seen to be still substantially damaged by floods over the last two years. A new sandbank wall has been built, which was also done to prevent further erosure to the enbankment. Photo taken in 1940.

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