A steam traction engine pulls two loaded wagons through floodwater past two bare trees, with men standing on the carts.

Floods at Sutton Gault 1912 with a Savage engine pulling loads of farm produce. Richard Drake owned several similar traction engines – now seen at rallies throughout the country

Fred and George Goulty

George and the Goultys from Littleport , Interviewed by Paul Melton in 1977

– and repeat of George and Fred from Hill Row interviewed by Kevin Delanoy

Floods at Sutton Gault 1912 with a Savage engine pulling loads of farm produce. Richard Drake owned several similar traction engines – now seen at rallies throughout the country

A man and a woman stand by a car on a road partially submerged in floodwater with a thatched house in the background.

Floods at Hills Row in 1947.

1947 floods at Littleport; Mrs Goulty recalls taking possessions upstairs; problems of getting clay from Ely Roswell Pits to back up the banks.

Fred and George Goulty Floods at Littleport.mp3 (MP3 28.8Mb)

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