Article 1JCK6 Hebden Bridge flood victims finally get their Christmas dinner

Hebden Bridge flood victims finally get their Christmas dinner

by
Mark Townsend
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People in the Calder valley are picking up where they left off before their homes were inundated last December

People in West Yorkshire enjoyed their Christmas dinner yesterday, six months after floods inundated homes along the Calder valley.

After unprecedented rainfall last December the river Calder burst its banks, flooding the market town of Hebden Bridge and the village of Mytholmroyd, forcing residents to abandon their Christmas festivities.

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