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(Photo : David Dixon / Water Works House and Greenbooth Reservoir/wikipedia)
Former inhabitants remember the submerged English village of Greenbooth located in Greater Manchester. Locals were evacuated as the historic village was part of the area flooded to build a reservoir, but memories remain with children who are now adults.
It was sixty years back when the village sank underwater, but many still have vivid memories of the place. One of them is Terry Tomlinson, 87, who, like many others, has shared what they remember of their lost village.
Goodbye Greenbooth
In the 1960s, there were four reservoirs created in the Naden Valley. One of them was Norden in Greenbooth, where Tomlinson lived his youth, reported the Mirror UK.
The lost Greater Manchester village that s completely submerged under the water of a scenic reservoir It was a lovely little village. Although people had started to leave, many that were left didn t want to leave and surrender it to the reservoir
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Greenbooth reservoir under construction in the 1960s. The project submerged the village of Greenbooth (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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