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Here it is at last, I received it this morning and have edited it down to remove some stuff from the end. Very interesting video and very eerie too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8UsGfD2Uo

Fascinating and very interesting video. The water was certainly very low!I went to the West End area in the late afternoon on August 12 1995 and saw the remains that were visible due to the drought. Somewhere I should have photos that I took! In my diary I noted there were many people around and that it rained heavily as I got to the site and was still very wet even when I got home around 19:30, being the "First rain for ages"! The next time I was there was on February 25 1998 and in my diary I noted that the reservoir was full and everything that was exposed when I was last there was now totally covered by the water with no signs of the ruins.

LOVE YOUThanks guys, much apprec'd. Apart from a few photos on the net, there is very little actual video/film of the 1995 drought. So good work.I bet "home" never felt better after that scare!    

Chrism wrote: Here it is at last, I received it this morning and have edited it down to remove some stuff from the end. Very interesting video and very eerie too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8UsGfD2Uo Many thanks indeed to Chrism for dealing with this video on my behalf - the express speed of his service makes a real contrast to the embarrassing length of time in which its been sitting here "doing nowt." I appreciate this very much and I hope that those viewing it can sense the "atmosphere" of a phenomenon which will very likely never be seen again. I must say that its rather a good feeling to see it on public display so thanks again.

Excellent stuff - thanks to Blakey for sharing and to Chrism for his work getting the video on line.Thruscross is one of my favourite 'reservoir walks', but I've never seen it looking like this.

Thanks to both of you for an interesting view of the drowned world of the past.

To me 1995, the date of Blakey's vid sounds v.recent, it's 17years old..![Edit]Here is a picture of West End Bridge 1870. I think this is the bridge in the vid. My understanding is that West End was in the west/left fork of the inflow - Capelshaw Beck. I think there was another bridge at the 'meeting of the waters' where this joined the Washburn which came in at the east/right fork.West End Bridge 1870By the 1950's most of the buildings were derelict/redundant.    

Jogon wrote: To me 1995 sounds v.recent, it's 17years old..! To me too, I meant more a window into the fate of the world of the photo you posted.

Thankyou Chrism and Blakey. Just a couple of months ago, I was standing on the bank of the reservoir looking at that same view, trying to imagine what was below the surface. Now I know! Nice work with the camera, Blakey, and a good, natural delivery. I enjoyed the video very much.    

Low tide bridge, the 95 drought I think.