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Lake Sandon.
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Gramaisc
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It disappeared fairly early on, in my recollection. I do remember a trench being dug diagonally across the bowling green on almost the first day.
The club, as an organisation, amalgamated with the Rangers' Club, I think.
Gramaisc
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This is 1935 - it shows the area where ATS and Shell are now - by the 80s, that was less well-kept. In my memory, the club was off to the right of the picture, where the sports field was then. A canteen was also built in that area - and the club and the canteen may have been the same place, I suppose.
You can just see the corner of the bowling green, at the Henry Street / Sandon Road junction.
I seem to remember there being a training pitch for the Rangers where Peter James Court is now.
Does the Rangers' Club have a Lotus Suite? Is that a relic of the amalgamation?
You can just see the corner of the bowling green, at the Henry Street / Sandon Road junction.
I seem to remember there being a training pitch for the Rangers where Peter James Court is now.
Does the Rangers' Club have a Lotus Suite? Is that a relic of the amalgamation?
When I was down there about 4pm it was coned off and people were turning back. I guess the drains finally caught up.
Gramaisc
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It's still coned off, with (some) people turning back, but it's passable by most things in the middle of the road.
Some people are doing at at a rather ambitious speed, which makes pedestrian travel the most likely to fail...
Habitual travellers on this route know that the signs will be there for a long time after the impassability has faded enough to be ignored.
Fair enough. I saw even a Police vehicle (some sort of van or 4x4) turn back. I guess they didn't fancy the walk back to Weston Road. Even though I have a 4x4 it mentions in the manual not to drive through such water.
Gramaisc
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It was probably about four inches deep in the middle of the road at around that time - 'ordinary' cars were getting through OK, although some were pushing their luck with the speed (probably trying to 'accidentally' soak me as I cut though the garage on my bike).
It's common for the signs to still be there from the last time, when the flood returns in the future, so people develop a habit of judging it for themselves.
After a copper knackered a new Land Rover a few years back, having been told it was impassable (Silkmore Lane, I think), they may be a little more reticent about just having a go.
I wonder if the ambulance service has a system to guess whether it's passable or not, especially for the first response cars that whistle down Sandon Road regularly?
It's difficult to judge. Maybe they need a big stick with traffic light type markings on it so you know if it's passable. Or just raise the road about a foot
Studio Tan
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Avast thar ! Here be advice for sailing thru’ the Sandon Straits :
Theresa Green
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It was still passable with care this morning, but it's probably topped up a good bit now.
The 'Flood' signs are there virtually permanently now - time to admit defeat and put up some of these?
What if you drive an Austin?
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God I'm old.
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Theresa Green
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Gramaisc
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Maybe they've still got the Bailey bridge that was where the concrete one is now, in front of the SBC block?
