I remember it flooding like that on my first walk to Wivenhoe near the end of October 1990 - before the barrier was completed. As I went to the sea wall footpath a bloke warned me that it would be a high Autumn tide, but it didn't look that bad so I carried on (oops! I had just arrived here as a green young student) - on the way back the same bloke offered to give me a piggy (declined) back over Bethany Street (and I am convinced it was the local legend Billy the Fish). The water on the front was higher than on your picture, but a couple of local kids were enjoying trying to ride their bikes through it! Cheers. Hazel
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I remember it flooding like that on my first walk to Wivenhoe near the end of October 1990 - before the barrier was completed. As I went to the sea wall footpath a bloke warned me that it would be a high Autumn tide, but it didn't look that bad so I carried on (oops! I had just arrived here as a green young student) - on the way back the same bloke offered to give me a piggy (declined) back over Bethany Street (and I am convinced it was the local legend Billy the Fish). The water on the front was higher than on your picture, but a couple of local kids were enjoying trying to ride their bikes through it! Cheers. Hazel x
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