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I think part of the idea was it'd help protect the coast from coastal surges etc...!
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So much of the Fens merely seems borrowed.
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Indeed! And looking at projected sea-level rises beyond 2100, not on a very long lease, I fear...!
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Isle of Ely. There was always a hint there.
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Can't disagree...!
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That is mad, especially given the flood in 53!
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Totally! But taken seriously for a period and mentioned in parliament....!
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I'm amazed. The memories of 53 were very much alive in my grandparents' minds, and my dad's too. I can see why it didn't get funded :)
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Though part of the case was it'd help somehow defend against floods and storm surge etc....!
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Biggest issue was shortage of drinking water. In 1976 I was part of a team bldg a trial embankmt to test feasibility of reservoir in Wash.
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Oh, really? How marvellous — were you involved with the doughnut, then?!
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Yes, with the donut. If you stepped off the low ground pressure bulldozer, you sank into the mud up to ones middle. Scary.
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Oh goodness!
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Holy Mother of Bad Ideas! But I guess that in 1966 the environmental movement had yet to gain much ground (no pun intended!).
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Hah! Even less in the 1939s perhaps when they tried to build a speedway across the wash flats....! Poor birds!
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That sounds like a bad joke. But my experience with developers has taught me that they'll generally do anything they can get funding for.
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True...! This one managed to get Sir Malcolm Campbell on board.... A 15 mile speedway across the coastal marshes with a 4 mile grandstand!
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Yikes. At least Campbell chose the Bonneville Salt Flats for his last record run - 301 mph in 1935. Couldn't do much damage there!
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An idea very much of its time...
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Imagine trying to sell a Europort in the Wash now....!
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I recall At that time, the sense was technology and 'science' was going to triumph over all, including nature...
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