INFORMATION

General Information

During the year 2000 D J Clark built a visual record of the Lancaster & Morecambe district using photographs and information submitted by those that feature in the pictures. The project was conducted in association with Lancaster Museum and has been archived for future generations to look back at the district at the turn of the new Millennium. For more information on the project visit the information page. If you find a caption is wrong or there is a fault with the page please e-mail D J Clark.

Photographer's Comments

2nd November 2000

The country had been in flood. All the news had talked about over the past few days was floods, floods and more floods. The Lune had always been an early river to burst it's banks, but I had heard little of any problems in this area. The Ribble was one big lake as was other rivers to the east. York was one big lake, and I was determined to get the picture for the project. Today was my first real opportunity and it had not stopped raining for some time.

I drove down the Lune stopping from time to time to find something. I had photographed this stretch in full flood a couple of years earlier, and presumed it would be easy. The truth was not so. The odd large puddle and some evidence of Monday night when the water was at its worst. I went home with just a few pictures.

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