For this week’s Nostalgia, we have gone back to January 2014 to remember the time that most of Marlow was underwater due to Cyclone Anne.

Between January 1 and January 6 that year, parts of Europe which included the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Spain and Portugal were heavily impacted by the storm.

This included parts of Marlow, which resulted in damages close to £100,000 as houses, shops, nurseries, and roads were hidden in waist-high water.

The town’s stretch of the River Thames also reached its highest level of water since 2003, which added to the numerous problems Marlow faced at the time.

Residents, firefighters, organisations, councils, churches, and even banks pulled out all the stops to offer their help as military officers joined a meeting of agencies involved in the relief effort.

Church leaders rallied together to offer a central point of contact for those in trouble, while the then-Wycombe District Council deployed sandbags for those worst affected and Marlow Town Council ensured the bags made it to some of the town’s most vulnerable people.

Pound Lane was one of the worst hit areas, with nearby Garnet Court requiring a five-day operation by Bucks Fire and Rescue to keep the deluge from entering people’s homes.

Church leaders rallied together to offer a central point of contact for those in trouble, while the then-Wycombe District Council deployed sandbags for those worst affected and Marlow Town Council ensured the bags made it to some of the town’s most vulnerable people.

Pound Lane was one of the worst hit areas, with nearby Garnet Court requiring a five-day operation by Bucks Fire and Rescue to keep the deluge from entering people’s homes.

Since then, areas of the town have been badly impacted by heavy rain.

Most notably in January 2021, when storms caused parts of Buckinghamshire to once again be underwater.

Locations included Marlow, Bourne End, parts of High Wycombe, and Watermead, but images showing Aylesbury Vale Dynamos’ football stadium being completely flooded went viral.

Drone pics from the time revealed that the club’s entire ground was submerged with water causing numerous damage, as the water covered the entire pitch and dugouts, standing, and seating areas.

Fields next to the stadium were also badly affected by the rain.

A £9.5 million flood defence scheme to protect hundreds of homes in the town has been operational since 2019 and was put in place to shield Marlovians from a repeat of the devastating floods that hit the county nearly one decade ago.