Quote Originally Posted by Ftivano1 View Post
Where the Vennel crosses Irish Street near the Dougie Arms pub was for many years Cliff Hamilton's
Shoe Shop which featured a mark on the wall where one of the biggest Nith floods reached.
It seems unlikely that the floods ever reached as high as that. If you look at where Hamiltons shop was and picture the water from the alleged high mark it would suggest that the Vaults and the rest of the bottom of the Vennel would be under about twenty feet of water given the gradient of the Vennel.