Suffolk Archives: Remembering the Great Flood of 1953 in Suffolk
1. Remembering the Great Flood of 1953 in Suffolk
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Our role at Suffolk Archives is to preserve and protect Suffolk’s nationally and internationally significant archives, which represent 900 years’ worth of Suffolk’s history.
The Great Flood of 1953 has its 70th Anniversary at the end of January 2023. Although, we store and have collected archives relating to the Great Flood in Suffolk, we want to add to our collections the individual stories of people's experiences and memories of the events of those few days in 1953, when the sea came in. We appreciate that many of you would have been children, but your memories and recollections of family experiences are still important.
It is important that we help future generations to better understand the lives we lead and the environment that we live in. The impact of the climate crisis and environmental change will be researched for many years to come, so it is important that we collect people's stories and experiences of their relationship with the Suffolk environment in the past and now. Whether relating to weather events, changes in your own garden or your use of plastics - we need your stories.
Please help us to create a record of this time to be looked back on in the future, by completing the following questions. All the questions are optional and you can write as much or as little as you like. There is also the option to upload files such as photographs, posters, diary entries or word documents.
Your responses will become a valuable part of the Suffolk Archives collection to be preserved for future generations.
You can find out more on our website, www.suffolkarchives.co.uk, and through our social media pages on Twitter: @SuffolkArchives, and Facebook: @suffolkarchives
1. What is your name? (You will have the option later to ask for your responses to be used anonymously.)
2. Where were you living during the Great Flood of 1953?