David Mitchell, who was aged 10 at the time, recalls the flood which claimed more than 300 lives.
The devastation left by the storm prompted a huge rescue effort
In her account, a young Barbara Spencer had been looking forward to a Saturday night trip to the cinema to see Gone with the Wind. A 1935 Leyland Tiger stranded in the floods has featured in an exhibition at the Meridale Youth & Community Centre in Sutton-on-SeaExhibitions exploring the impact of the flooding are also taking place in Mablethorpe and at the North Sea Observatory in Chapel St LeonardsIn Sutton-on-Sea, a 1935 Leyland Tiger bus, left stranded after it was engulfed by the sea, has been on public display as part of an exhibition.
The disaster of 1953 was caused by a coming together of three events. Storm-force northerly winds coincided with an exceptionally high spring tide, which moved southwards down the North Sea, with the intense area of low pressure which brought the stormy conditions causing the surface of the sea water to rise. This created a huge tidal surge, which happened in the middle of the night while most people were asleep.
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