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Originally Posted by simon
At springhill where we used to live the manhole cover near our house had a "stream" going under it all the time...One day after heavy rain the pipe carrying the stream got more than it could cope and popped a few of the manhole covers out and lifted the pavement 6inch's outside our house.
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That reminds me many years ago when I lived with my parents in Sultan Street. One summer we'd been away visiting my Aunt & Uncle and the day we left there was torrential rain. As we came back up from town coming home we came up Water Street and turned the corner where the Co-op used to be and got a shock! The cobbled street looked like there'd been a volcanic eruption under it! There was a huge mound with cobble stones all over the place.
The neighbours told us that water had come down with such force under the ground and hit the foundations of the building at the bottom, couldn't go any further and had burst up through the road flinging cobblestones left right and centre.
Our house was amazingly quite dry inside as we were the only ones to have two steps up to the front door. The water had only just reached that level and seeped in a little under the door and settled in the doormat well.
I wish I could have seen the volcano.
Going back to those manhole covers - was it one with holes in? I remember steam and strange smells coming up out of those.
