:00:07. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Hebden Bridge in the Calder Valley of West
:00:14. > :00:18.Yorkshire. A town which like so many across the UK, is getting back on
:00:19. > :00:25.its feet after the floods. Beneath is the weather River and its centre
:00:26. > :00:29.deluged to the town following the stormy weather. You can see from
:00:30. > :00:34.these pictures taken a few feet away from where we are standing, look at
:00:35. > :00:38.the water level down Main Street, flooding out so many of the local
:00:39. > :00:45.businesses. On tonight's programme we will hear from a town about miles
:00:46. > :00:52.away from here in how they used ancient techniques. And we will be
:00:53. > :00:55.watching as boats are craned back into the water after they were
:00:56. > :00:59.lifted out by the floods and then stranded in the middle of the
:01:00. > :01:05.landscape after the water drained. That is the The One Show, 40 days
:01:06. > :01:23.and 40 nights on from the floods. What we can see our pictures of the
:01:24. > :01:28.Shoulder Of Mutton pub, our base, on Boxing Day after the river burst its
:01:29. > :01:32.banks. We're back here to see how the lovely people of Hebden Bridge
:01:33. > :01:40.are coping. This is what it looks like now. It is full of people, not
:01:41. > :01:44.water. A big night for the Shoulder Of Mutton pub. One night only this
:01:45. > :01:50.pub is open for business. It is doing a roaring trade at the. It is
:01:51. > :01:57.also The One Show studio for tonight. Hello! Leslie, you are the
:01:58. > :01:59.landlady. You have a big smile on your face right now, because
:02:00. > :02:04.landlady. You have a big smile on a delight to see everyone with a
:02:05. > :02:07.glass in the hand. But what time you have been having. Let's talk about
:02:08. > :02:14.the situation here and what the water has left behind in the pub. It
:02:15. > :02:24.has been stripped back now. We are kind of just drying out. At the time
:02:25. > :02:28.it was five feet deep, very high. We have this cylinder filled up with
:02:29. > :02:34.river water today. It looks murky now but this is nothing, in
:02:35. > :02:40.comparison? It was thick, almost black sludge. It was just horrible.
:02:41. > :02:48.It smelt. And up to this height as well. We hear on the morning your
:02:49. > :02:54.son and his girlfriend were upstairs and they became stuck up there. This
:02:55. > :02:57.is unbelievable. This is Leslie in the middle of the floods in the
:02:58. > :03:04.morning. They got hungry because they couldn't get down, so what did
:03:05. > :03:07.you do? Part of the town still had electricity so I managed to get a
:03:08. > :03:17.bacon sandwich made and passed up to him on a pole. Goodness
:03:18. > :03:23.stories we have heard today, Christmas dinner is being taken
:03:24. > :03:26.upstairs, boats rescuing people. It is not just locals, we have other
:03:27. > :03:31.people from other parts of the country who have been affected by
:03:32. > :03:36.the storms. We will try to get to as many as we can. First, Andy Kershaw
:03:37. > :03:43.is with his dog taking a trip down the Rochdale Canal.
:03:44. > :03:48.Water is wonderful when it's well-behaved. Chugging down the
:03:49. > :03:51.Rochdale Canal like this is normally idyllic, but people in these parts
:03:52. > :04:02.feel differently about water now. Last Christmas Storm Eva brought
:04:03. > :04:06.floods that were the worst in living memory and people lost or living
:04:07. > :04:13.with the consequences. And we have barely cast off before we come
:04:14. > :04:16.across a sandwich operation with a difference. The river rescue team
:04:17. > :04:22.are in action, and among them, Stephanie. I was just a stones throw
:04:23. > :04:28.from here in Todd work and I wonder how that narrow boat ended up in the
:04:29. > :04:33.gates? When the floods arrived it transported the boat down here and
:04:34. > :04:38.it left the stern up on the Rock as the floods receded. People live on
:04:39. > :04:43.these boats so getting them back on the waters are a priority. Lifting
:04:44. > :04:47.that sort of weight, you need to get as close as possible. You put the
:04:48. > :04:52.crane into Reza's front garden. We did. Don't worry, she is at work,
:04:53. > :04:58.she doesn't know what's going on! CHEERING
:04:59. > :05:09.This makes 26 successful boat rescues between here and Wakefield.
:05:10. > :05:21.Six miles along the canal and we reach another town that has the
:05:22. > :05:27.Rochdale Canal. When the Boxing Day flood hit this car park was like a
:05:28. > :05:31.lake. As we all know, lakes and sofas to make the happiest of
:05:32. > :05:36.combinations. The factory is run by Stuart Chadwick. Good morning. Good
:05:37. > :05:44.morning, welcome. Your door is open again for business. It certainly is.
:05:45. > :05:47.If only you had a door! They lost nearly half ?1 million worth of
:05:48. > :05:54.stock, but are already back in production. So this is the wood
:05:55. > :06:03.machinery shop? That's right. What happened in here? We lost every
:06:04. > :06:06.machine. In all ?150,000 worth of machinery was uninsured is no
:06:07. > :06:12.company would take on the risk after the floods of 2012. And while his
:06:13. > :06:18.stock was insured, Stewart has been told it won't be next time.
:06:19. > :06:22.You have been flooded out twice now in three years, why don't you move
:06:23. > :06:25.somewhere else? We have been in this valley for 70 years, we are part of
:06:26. > :06:29.the community and don't intend to leave. We have skilled people who
:06:30. > :06:33.live within four or five miles of the factory, so this is where we are
:06:34. > :06:36.going to stay. Stewart may be back in production, but on the main
:06:37. > :06:46.shopping street many businesses still have reopened. How bad was it?
:06:47. > :06:52.Five, just over five foot high. You can see the tide mark on the front
:06:53. > :06:57.window. John is desperate to reopen his hardware shop. You have to have
:06:58. > :07:02.some sort of income. I've had none for a month. And as well as getting
:07:03. > :07:06.back on your feet, you are simultaneously bracing yourself
:07:07. > :07:11.every time it rains. Every time it rains it is, what's going to happen?
:07:12. > :07:19.I've finished after this, if it happens again. The. Then I'm out.
:07:20. > :07:27.I've had enough after this one. John lives above the shop, so his home
:07:28. > :07:35.state dry, but others weren't so lucky. -- stayed dry. A close commit
:07:36. > :07:38.community but some folks have been finding it rather more close-knit
:07:39. > :07:43.than they anticipated, because since Christmas some of them have been
:07:44. > :07:47.living here in this hotel in nearby Halifax as evacuees and I am going
:07:48. > :07:51.to meet one now. Among those who have been living here for a month is
:07:52. > :07:53.Robert Taylor. This is very elegant, I wasn't
:07:54. > :08:00.expecting this! While their insurance covers
:08:01. > :08:04.accommodation, the extras are mounting up. We had a great laugh on
:08:05. > :08:09.New Year's Eve but it is eating away at our money. It is a lovely hotel,
:08:10. > :08:15.but you end up spending a lot. The good news is the four refugees could
:08:16. > :08:19.be back home in four weeks, if the weather behaves. But as we have a
:08:20. > :08:23.cup of tea there is not much sign of that.
:08:24. > :08:27.Well, I have stepped out of the pub under the bridge to meet some
:08:28. > :08:31.locals. As you can see the weather has turned as we have been here
:08:32. > :08:36.today. This footage was taken from early December. It was taken during
:08:37. > :08:44.Storm Desmond and shows the flood sirens going off. It is a very eerie
:08:45. > :08:49.sound. Gary, who joins me on the bridge... Holding the umbrella! You
:08:50. > :08:54.work in the pub and you spend basically Boxing Day clearing up and
:08:55. > :08:59.haven't been able to earn a lot of money. You must be really nervous,
:09:00. > :09:06.even with this weather, but how did you feel when you heard the sirens?
:09:07. > :09:10.It was so scary and frightening. It is terrifying, because the sirens go
:09:11. > :09:16.off, the rain comes. If you are out of town, you can't get back into
:09:17. > :09:22.town, it is so scary. It sounds like World War II. It does. When they go
:09:23. > :09:27.off they really are allowed. And you know the flood is coming and there
:09:28. > :09:30.is nothing you can do about it. The rain comes that is it. The brilliant
:09:31. > :09:33.thing is we have seen how the community have really got together
:09:34. > :09:40.here. Signs of defiance all the town. Hebden rising .com is a great
:09:41. > :09:45.website people can go on and find out which businesses are open and
:09:46. > :09:47.which are closed. Then you have "Calderdale Rising", a charity
:09:48. > :09:52.raising money for all the people affected in the area. Kirsty and her
:09:53. > :09:55.friends are the team leading the charge on that front. Brilliant to
:09:56. > :10:01.see you all rallying together. How much money have you raised so far?
:10:02. > :10:06.Probably nearly ?2 million now. A staggering amount. Who are these
:10:07. > :10:12.people who have been donating, people in the area or far afield?
:10:13. > :10:16.Everybody, locals, people from Yorkshire, corporate and people
:10:17. > :10:19.further afield, International is as well. You are doing all you can, but
:10:20. > :10:24.how have the government responses being? They pass the money through
:10:25. > :10:30.to the local authority through the councils but they have also promised
:10:31. > :10:37.us funding. Unfortunately they set it at the bit which is going to
:10:38. > :10:42.cover probably just what we need in Calder. We need much more. Thank you
:10:43. > :10:47.Kirsty. Lucy is over here. You have the lowdown on what the government
:10:48. > :10:50.are promising? Yes, I should say we tried to get someone from the
:10:51. > :10:54.government here tonight, they couldn't make it but they do make
:10:55. > :10:59.the point they have responded with additional funding. ?200 million
:11:00. > :11:03.additional funding for communities who have been affected, ?48 million
:11:04. > :11:08.already been doled out. The rest is for affected residents, communities
:11:09. > :11:15.and recoveries like bridge building and roads. On the next question of
:11:16. > :11:18.who pays for all of this, Liz Truss, the Secretary of State for the
:11:19. > :11:26.environment, recently mentioned council tax. Allowing local
:11:27. > :11:30.authorities to increase their levy. It won't be universally popular. The
:11:31. > :11:34.other thing I want to mention his terrorism. I know from being in
:11:35. > :11:43.Devon when we had bad floods in 2014. -- the other thing I want to
:11:44. > :11:47.mention is tourism. David Cameron announced a ?1 million PR fund to
:11:48. > :11:52.tell people to spend their holiday in the North of England. ?2 million
:11:53. > :11:56.is gone to the Lake District. They have bridges to build and trails to
:11:57. > :11:57.redo before Christmas. But the weather is not always
:11:58. > :12:05.redo before Christmas. But the is so beautiful here. It is very
:12:06. > :12:08.much open. It is absolutely picturesque and hopefully people
:12:09. > :12:12.will flock here in the summer months and over Easter. The weather has
:12:13. > :12:17.turned and it is freezing. Shall we get back into the pub? Yes please.
:12:18. > :12:23.On that open for business know, there is a wonderful sweet shop
:12:24. > :12:27.about 40 metres away and the owners did a sterling job, on their hands
:12:28. > :12:32.and knees, clearing everything up. It looks sparkling lake wonderful.
:12:33. > :12:35.People say, you were not affected by the floods but is sheer hard that
:12:36. > :12:41.got them back where they are today. I am with Mandy and Scott. Picking
:12:42. > :12:46.up on that thought of funding, have you received funding? We received
:12:47. > :12:54.?200 from the CFC and ?500 from colder Dale Council. Where are you
:12:55. > :12:58.living? We were flooded out. We have had to move out from the
:12:59. > :13:02.three-bedroom house to a one-bedroom flat. It looks as though we're not
:13:03. > :13:03.going to be able to return to the property for at least nine months.
:13:04. > :13:10.So it is property for at least nine months.
:13:11. > :13:14.have cats as well? Two cats and there is not room to swing one of
:13:15. > :13:19.them. Goodness me. Keep smiling if you possibly can. We have a weather
:13:20. > :13:23.expert with us, Nick Miller. Let's have a chat about what you expect.
:13:24. > :13:29.Are we due rain like this for the next few years to come? We have some
:13:30. > :13:33.control in how we plan for future flooding and the action we take, but
:13:34. > :13:37.the sciences thereabout intense rainfall events happening in the UK,
:13:38. > :13:45.happening more frequently than in the 60s and 70s. The winter rainfall
:13:46. > :13:47.is more extreme. The bottom line is we are living in a warmer world,
:13:48. > :13:52.climate change. We have all heard about it. Last year was the hottest
:13:53. > :13:58.year on record around the globe. It is basic physics, the warmer the air
:13:59. > :14:04.is, the more water it contains. It translates to rainfall. The sciences
:14:05. > :14:08.there between the warming of the world and more intense rainfall. Met
:14:09. > :14:12.Office research shows given the same weather pattern is seven times more
:14:13. > :14:15.likely to get extreme rainfall from it than if we were in a world
:14:16. > :14:25.without the greenhouse gases. The key is to your best to prepare. Town
:14:26. > :14:30.Live through this once and you don't flooding problems.
:14:31. > :14:41.Live through this once and you don't want to live through it again. This
:14:42. > :14:45.is Pickering Beck. In 2007 it flooded out of its banks and ran all
:14:46. > :14:50.along Park flooded out of its banks and ran all
:14:51. > :14:55.road here. All through these houses. It got into the marketplace, which
:14:56. > :15:02.is relatively low-lying, and flooded all the properties and shops there.
:15:03. > :15:08.Pickering was hit by flash floods four times between 1999 and 2007
:15:09. > :15:14.with water streaming down a steep ravine off the moors, but the town's
:15:15. > :15:20.calls for a flood defence, such as a higher wall around the beck, were
:15:21. > :15:26.kicked into touch by the hash realities of economics. The whole
:15:27. > :15:29.scheme would have cost ?10 million. There isn't enough people in
:15:30. > :15:35.Pickering to warrant that. So in the end the Government said, you can't
:15:36. > :15:39.have it anyway. And yet while other parts of Yorkshire have been deluged
:15:40. > :15:46.by this winter's storms, Pickering has stayed dry. So what's the
:15:47. > :15:51.secret? Well, it lies few miles down the road, amid the ruins of this
:15:52. > :15:56.Abbey, where in the 12th century the monks had a brainwave to hold back
:15:57. > :16:04.the floods. They built a long retaining earth wall called a bun.
:16:05. > :16:08.We are walking on top of a five-metre high bund, which controls
:16:09. > :16:13.water in times of a flood. It is now full of water, which if this bund
:16:14. > :16:16.wasn't here would have rushed through and flooded the Abbey
:16:17. > :16:19.buildings. This is probably an example of how the past can teach us
:16:20. > :16:25.methods for controlling floodwater. The town called in some of the
:16:26. > :16:36.country's leading experts to check out whether the monks' ancient idea
:16:37. > :16:43.could work just as well for 21st century Pickering. Pickering now
:16:44. > :16:48.boasts bund of its own. This is very soggy isn't it. So the traditional
:16:49. > :16:52.approach to fighting floods seems to be to wait until the water is
:16:53. > :16:58.already in towns and cities. How is this different? We are trying to
:16:59. > :17:03.work with the water, with nature, rather than fighting against it. So
:17:04. > :17:07.what we are trying to do is slow the flow to hold the water up here
:17:08. > :17:13.before it actually gets down to the town and does damage. And that's
:17:14. > :17:19.what you see here, this bund hats been built. You've got to best, ck
:17:20. > :17:27.down there. You can see how much height we've got for storing water.
:17:28. > :17:33.A small culvert eks out the water so the beck in town can cope. I know
:17:34. > :17:37.you stayed dry. Couldn't that just be because of you didn't get the
:17:38. > :17:43.levels of rainfall down there? We didn't get the levels of Leeds and
:17:44. > :17:49.other places but we did get 24 hours of steady, consistent rain. The fact
:17:50. > :17:55.is the Burkes, nd started filling, so that water would have flooded
:17:56. > :18:00.Pickering. Further upstream they've gone back to old methods to control
:18:01. > :18:04.flooding. They live in the Calder Valley, devastated in December, and
:18:05. > :18:07.are keen to learn what's been done. We had some tremendously bad
:18:08. > :18:18.flooding, but we are hopeful aren't we? We certainly are. The Forestry
:18:19. > :18:25.Commission has built 150 log dams so slow the flow when the water levels
:18:26. > :18:29.lies. And water drains away 60 times faster beneath trees than grassland.
:18:30. > :18:32.So 29 hectare obvious woodland have been planted. Could you see this
:18:33. > :18:36.working in "Calderdale Rising"? Absolutely. I think what we've seen
:18:37. > :18:39.today Absolutely. I think what we've seen
:18:40. > :18:43.-- in Calderdale. The Government said we need to rethink flood
:18:44. > :18:48.strategy. Should this be part of it? Without question. And particularly
:18:49. > :18:53.where you've got big, high headwater areas like this where it is steep.
:18:54. > :18:57.We have to do the right thing in the right place. And we can do this at a
:18:58. > :19:03.fraction of the cost, because flood walls in Pickering would have cost
:19:04. > :19:09.around ?10 million. All this, we are talking about roughly ?4 million.
:19:10. > :19:14.And that's a huge saving. Pickering has so far remained flood-free this
:19:15. > :19:20.winter, but with warnings that storm chaos become more frequent and
:19:21. > :19:24.wetter, the world is watching. We are now moving on to talk about
:19:25. > :19:28.solutions of #234r50ding. are now moving on to talk about
:19:29. > :19:35.solutions of -- flooding. Lynn, you are from Keswick flood action group.
:19:36. > :19:39.You want a long term solution. This is a flood fair that you had
:19:40. > :19:46.yesterday. Tell us about that and what the aim was. The Government has
:19:47. > :19:51.given properties that have flooded ?500 each. We wanted to be certain
:19:52. > :19:56.that the people had the most information as to what was
:19:57. > :20:01.appropriate to put in. The fair was to get people to see surveyors, talk
:20:02. > :20:05.about the products available, and view the products, whether the
:20:06. > :20:09.floodgate would be usable for you, whether it would be too heavy. And
:20:10. > :20:13.there were solicitors in case people had problems, and the people with
:20:14. > :20:16.the grant forms. We are trying to put everything together. We are a
:20:17. > :20:21.bit further forward, three weeks ahead, so people's houses are try
:20:22. > :20:25.and they are looking at underfloor pumps, so it was really to get
:20:26. > :20:29.people the best information to do their properties back up again. And
:20:30. > :20:35.Lynn you've been sitting in front of MPs to put the case forward for
:20:36. > :20:39.Keswick community. What do you see is their thinking, their long-term
:20:40. > :20:44.plan for the likes of you? I'm hoping they will give us more money.
:20:45. > :20:48.Everybody needs it. There is so much damage within the infrastructure
:20:49. > :20:52.which needs to put right. The A 591 is the road we really need fixed as
:20:53. > :20:57.soon as possible. Especially before the tourism season starts. I think
:20:58. > :21:01.to get people to understand what happens in the community. And how
:21:02. > :21:06.long it takes for properties to dry out. And interesting expense
:21:07. > :21:11.involved in it. That's a key thing. ?5,000 doesn't go that far, but at
:21:12. > :21:16.least it is a start. So initially you felt supported? Yes, absolutely.
:21:17. > :21:20.They are listening to communities, and I'm hoping going forward that
:21:21. > :21:24.the Environment Agency will be a bit more appropriate. Richard, like
:21:25. > :21:28.Lynn, you've travelled from Cumbria, but on a different note you've taken
:21:29. > :21:32.matters into your own hands, because you've been flooded four times in
:21:33. > :21:36.the past in Cockermouth. You have now made your house, as much as you
:21:37. > :21:42.can, flood proof. What measures have you taken? We've made it flood
:21:43. > :21:48.resilient. We can let it flood and it will, the water will go away, and
:21:49. > :21:56.we brush out the tiled floor. We wash down the marine pl Kitchen,
:21:57. > :22:01.light the wood-burning stove. We've taken everything up stairs. So you
:22:02. > :22:06.can get back to normal as quick as possible? We never left the house.
:22:07. > :22:11.We were getting back to normal minutes after the water... Brushing
:22:12. > :22:15.it out, getting back to normal. We didn't have to be out of the house.
:22:16. > :22:21.Didn't have to have the house wrecked. We weren't going to be out
:22:22. > :22:27.for nine months. We refused to be moved out. We had three dogs and a
:22:28. > :22:32.cat. We weren't going to have them made homeless. And the problem is
:22:33. > :22:35.you can't sell the house now, so you've made the best of the
:22:36. > :22:40.situation that you are in. The only reason we can't sell the house is
:22:41. > :22:45.because nobody will put up the money to let somebody else buy it. The
:22:46. > :22:50.house is perfectly habitable. We are drying out now after two months, 40
:22:51. > :22:55.days and 40 nights. We are very happy. We are absolutely back to
:22:56. > :22:58.normal. Well, it goes without saying, personal possessions are
:22:59. > :23:06.among the worst things to be lost in flooding. Sarah Mack is up in
:23:07. > :23:11.Ballater to help rescue 1,000 precious photos. On 30th December,
:23:12. > :23:15.Storm Frank hit Ballater hard. The village had never flooded before and
:23:16. > :23:19.nobody could imagine the devastation it left. Many households in Ballater
:23:20. > :23:25.lost property in the floods. Hi, Sarah. How do you prioritise what
:23:26. > :23:32.the save? How did you choose what to grab first? Your sofa is upside down
:23:33. > :23:36.floating, your fridge. And you think, wait, the photos. How
:23:37. > :23:41.important are they to you? They are a snapshot of your life, things you
:23:42. > :23:44.cannot replace. I had to smash decent furniture to get to these
:23:45. > :23:49.photos. We've got some in front of us. These are some of the ones you
:23:50. > :23:54.saved. It had a brown dirt that you get from most floods, but it was
:23:55. > :23:57.oily as well. We ran all of them under a cold tap. Given what you've
:23:58. > :24:02.said, The One Show would like to help. Would you entrust these to me
:24:03. > :24:08.and see if I can do something with them? Of course. Fantastic. To watch
:24:09. > :24:13.things that you've worked hard for be thrown in a skip must be bad
:24:14. > :24:17.enough, but to lose precious sentimental items like a child's
:24:18. > :24:22.first drawing, or photos of relatives, that must be truly
:24:23. > :24:28.devastating. Paul Hendry, however, is a man who wants flood victims to
:24:29. > :24:32.think twice before they tip on that skip. We have the contents of a
:24:33. > :24:38.house that's been cleared out. This is their life, in a pile. There are
:24:39. > :24:42.companies which come in and strip out the house. The process just
:24:43. > :24:46.seemed to throw everything away. I think there is an awful lot that
:24:47. > :24:51.could be salvaged. I'm going look at some of the stuff here. General
:24:52. > :24:55.household tells the, like the knives, graters, books. These can be
:24:56. > :25:01.restored. Following the flood, if you put them in the freezer they
:25:02. > :25:08.won't deteriorate. A sort of antique cupboard? It can be cleaned, can be
:25:09. > :25:12.salvaged. Something like this can easily go straight through a
:25:13. > :25:17.dishwasher on its highest setting and be material idesed. Items of
:25:18. > :25:22.sentimental value however are often ir replaceable. But it is possible
:25:23. > :25:32.to repair some things back to the photos. How are you doing? I've
:25:33. > :25:36.brought you some photos damaged by the recent floods in Ballater. If
:25:37. > :25:40.you've got filthy water, that can cause problems. The first thing we
:25:41. > :25:44.need to do is scan it. It is a pretty important job you are doing,
:25:45. > :25:47.repairing people's lifetime of photos. That's the thing. Nobody
:25:48. > :25:54.comes in with a restoration for a photo that isn't important to them.
:25:55. > :25:58.Our main tool we'll be using is the heal brush. It samples pixels from
:25:59. > :26:03.the surrounding area and copies them. All you have to do is draw
:26:04. > :26:08.over the area. Simle approximately as that. You have to do this by hand
:26:09. > :26:11.with each photo that's damaged? Yes. Restoration of photos can take
:26:12. > :26:16.anything from between a few hours to weeks. Depending on how damaged they
:26:17. > :26:20.are. The memory of being hit by the floods will be long term for many
:26:21. > :26:25.people, but as we've learned today with a bit of knowledge and a lot of
:26:26. > :26:33.patience, it is not the only memory that has to survive. It is a long
:26:34. > :26:40.process but at least there's a solution I suppose. Thank you Sarah.
:26:41. > :26:42.We are joined by David and Liz from the Strathburn hotel from Inverurie.
:26:43. > :26:48.You've travelled a long way today. What time did you set off? About 11
:26:49. > :26:54.this morning, by plane, taxi, train, and here we are. Planes, trains and
:26:55. > :27:00.automobiles, but you are here now. No boat. Thank goodness, but there
:27:01. > :27:06.was a boat involved a few days ago. It was really the place to go, your
:27:07. > :27:12.hotel, wasn't it? Coming from Aberdeen on a Thursday and the rain
:27:13. > :27:17.was horrendous. I said to Liz, this is going be bad in the afternoon. We
:27:18. > :27:23.went past the police station. I said to the police, we've got rooms free
:27:24. > :27:27.of charge for anybody who is marooned, can't get home. My
:27:28. > :27:33.daughter put us on to Facebook and we had 40 people turn up. And an
:27:34. > :27:38.eclectic mix. Let's hear about the pregnant lady. They arrived 1
:27:39. > :27:45.o'clock in the morning and we had no rooms left. This is Christmas time,
:27:46. > :27:50.the no room at the inn. This young lad said, no, she can have my room,
:27:51. > :27:56.I'll sleep on the floor. She went to his room and he slept on the floor.
:27:57. > :27:59.The community spirit was tremendous. Tremendous. The whole of the
:28:00. > :28:06.north-east of Scotland, genuine people. It worked. People are ever
:28:07. > :28:13.so grateful to you both. They really felt they would like to say thank
:28:14. > :28:17.you: You opened up your hotel to myself and many, many others, and
:28:18. > :28:21.showed us kindness and generosity for free. If it hadn't been for you,
:28:22. > :28:25.I don't know where we would have been. Thank you so much for looking
:28:26. > :28:29.after us that evening, everyone appreciated it. Thank you. The
:28:30. > :28:35.hospitality and camaraderie and sense of community was amazing.
:28:36. > :28:43.Thank you again. As you can see, we look forward to seeing you again.
:28:44. > :28:48.APPLAUSE. That not only echoes your efforts but the efforts of everybody
:28:49. > :28:53.we have met today. That's toughening.
:28:54. > :28:56.And thank you to the people of Hebden Bridge for having us.
:28:57. > :28:58.We'll be back in the studio tomorrow with Jack Black.
:28:59. > :29:14.are four celebs readying to do battle for charity.
:29:15. > :29:19.Don't they look great? From a distance!