The 1946 flood caused the log piles that were stored in the railway sidings and Turnlee paper mill to be washed all over the Town.

A rumor was put out by Oliver and Partingtons paper mill owners that these logs would not burn, however this was untrue and many a house kept warm and dry by burning them after they had chopped them up.

these photos were supplied by Paul Coudry and Bob Wilson.

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