Monday, July 14, 2008

The LIDO Theatre and the floods of c1960





Upper picture. The LIDO Theatre surrounded by flood water. The LIDO Theatre was built just after the end of WW2. At that period the locality was an open paddock that was prone to flooding when rain water came down from the valley at side of Zurrieq Road. There was no made road by the side of the Theatre in the early days c1950. It was pretty rough going finding your way to go to the pictures, still it was a great addition for evening entertainment at a time when the locals needed it badly after the war years.

The lower picture taken at the same period shows more floodwater in the main road leading to St Georges Bay.