Articles and Reviews: Sheffield Wicker Flood of 2007 - Timeline at SPAT-C, SYAC Centre
The day for Sheffield, a northern English city started as usual, wet and rainy, yes there have been forecasts for a wet June and possible flooding in Northern England, but Sheffielders felt safe in the knowledge that their hilly city is not prone to flooding.
Not even Sheffielders remember when the last big floods occurred. Digging back into history you would have to back over 150 years to 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam burst.
SPAT-C situated at the SYAC Centre on the river bank felt the full force of the flooding as the following time-line and the news reporting illustrates:
1.30pm - The River Don that runs through the heart of the city was a raging torrent, but in the near 15 years we have been in our current premises, I have seen this many times before, many times.
A colleague suggests that the river is going to burst its banks, having only been with us for barely 2 years, he obviously was not party to my inside knowledge that it has never flooded in at least 15 years, nor have I known any serious flooding in Sheffield in the 40 years I have lived here. So I ask my colleague to put his money where his mouth is, a bet ! "I bet you £50 the river won't burst". But he won't take the bet !
About 10 min's later, 1.40pm with the waters rising, I venture out to take a closer look.
Read the Full Flood Time Line
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