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Description: | Called the Great Flood of Christmas 1912. A lone Portchester villager stands almost up to his knees in the tidal wave as it sweeps northwards from the sea up Castle Street to the West and East Street crossroads. It is thought that the villager might have been Buffer Russell who worked for a market gardener in Castle Street. One of his brothers, Jim, was once the landlord of the Cormorant pub in Castle Street.
Floods swept through Portchester at various times up to the mid 1930's.
Portchester was subject to frequent flooding but possibly the worst of the floods was that of Christmas 1912. All the land from the castle to the main road (A27) was swamped and the village almost came to a halt. The highest tides in the Solent area for about a quarter of a century brought havoc to Portsmouth and Fareham as well.
Reference:
1. Montgomery, Alan. 1984. My goodness! My Portchester; p. frontispiece, 21-23.
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