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Worrying times at the County Hotel in 1960 OUR photograph this week shows a worrying situation at the County Hotel, now The King’s Head, in 1960. Alarmed guests were woken and told, “Get your cars out as soon as possible – the river is undermining the driveway!” The normally placid Avon had been swollen by 24 hours rain, causing it to sweep away part of a brick-lined culvert beneath the drive, leaving heavy steel girders sagging. Workmen toiled in waist deep water to try to assess the damage, and for several hours there were fears that the hotel itself might become undermined. A dam erected across most of the river by contractors working on the new Fisherton Bridge was hastily pulled down, while the small arch which had borne the brunt of the flood was blocked in an attempt to ease the flow.