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Flooding on the Sighthill estate in the 1950s

1955
Flooding on the Sighthill estate in the 1950s
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Back gardens of Sighthill Drive when the Murray Burn was not covered.
Water flowed down from the fields and erosion of the banks is clearly seen.
The Burn was usually only two or three feet wide and one to two feet deep.

Thanks to Myra Legge for the photo.

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Sighthill
Categories:
Childhood Daily Life Events
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
Scrapbooks:
Stuart Laidlaw's selected memories of Post War Sighthill 1945-1970 Stuart Laidlaw's History of the Parkhead and Sighthill Estates from 1930 to 1970

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