These photos, which really speak for themselves, show one thing clearly: outbreaks of July rain are nothing new.
When they were taken on a rainy weekend in July 1985, the Rose and Crown corner by Market Street was awash from a heavy downpour. Continuous rain saw a "river" of water running down from Damgate to the corner, and the result can be seen in the pictures. Colin Proctor, then-owner of the A.G. Proctor & Son shoe shop, remembers that the shop had three or four inches of water seep in over the threshold. The situation was tackled by a carpet cleaner which sucked up water.
Incidentally, that same month, damage amounting to £20,000 was reported to have been caused by flooding at the Theatre Royal in Norwich.
