Carole Peck (Nee Disney)
Memories of a 12 year old in the Canvey Island Floods 1953 - Part 6

"At school the children from Canvey were given chocolate from children in France. Canada sent carpets for the flood victims whose bungalows were ruined. Water marks were half way up some people's walls. The people from the fish shop emigrated to Canada."

"I now crown you Queen of the Silver Jubilee" : The Girls Life Brigade's Entry in the Carnival and at their 'Display' The Queen of the Silver Jubilee

"Tales were told of people waking up with their face against the ceiling as their beds had floated up in the night. People had climbed onto roofs and up trees to escape from the water."