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When In February a Coach Bringing a Visiting Football Team and Supporters to Buckingham Was Swept Downstream from a Ford Across the River Swollen By Heavy Rain

When, in February, a coach bringing a visiting football team and supporters to Buckingham was swept downstream from a ford across the river, swollen by heavy rain, Peter Steers, landlord of the Woolpack, did some quick thinking. While firemen rescured the passengers, Mr Steers brought out the lifeboat box from his bar and made a collection from people watching on the river bank..

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