Bitd I had the difficult job of going round all the Norfolk/Suffolk

Reed-cutters to give them letters explaining that due to the environmentalist pressure we would be doing away with their services. Sad couple of days. We were also stopped from cleaning out rivers which was a set programme of work to keep the maximum volumetric capacity within the banks except for 1:50 year rainfall etc. Since those days the rivers have not been cleaned out so the reeds grow and hold up the sand/soil etc so they continue to clog up reducing the capacity dramatically. There are parts of the Wensum around Norwich where with knee high wellies you can walk across. So a couple of days of rain and the water overtops the banks....no s**t sherlock. Got to love people who are more interested in reeds and fish spawning than human beings. All our plans in those days had marked (close to rivers in many parts of the county) by ordnance survey "area liable to flood". Twenty years later you see houses being built on the same land. Madness.

Posted By: Old Splat on November 25th 2024 at 21:11:28

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I know it’s a shame for people with static homes on there, I think some might be lived in (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 25, 18:10:56
- Bitd I had the difficult job of going round all the Norfolk/Suffolk (General Chat) - Old Splat, Nov 25, 21:11:28
  - ^^used to be a postman^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 25, 22:19:21
  - this may be of interest to you, one of the last of the old norfolk reedcutters (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 25, 21:40:24
- Wasn’t he once called out to an emergency on the corner of Dove Street and Lobster Lane? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 25, 19:22:28
  - S’vortex (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 25, 19:25:30
- True fact. Loads of villages have a Wash Lane. (General Chat) - APB, Nov 25, 19:21:17

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