1953 Flood

Sandbagging the breaches by boat.

HELP: As the tides surged in hundreds of volunteers took to boats to try to shore up battered sea defences on Canvey. It was a case of piling sandbags into the breaches to keep the cruel sea out. Every volunteer was a hero that day.

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