great storm '87

[sean]

Theres some superb photo's documenting the aftermath of the storm here...

 

Great Storm of 1987 - Gallery 2

[Luke Quenby]

Theres some superb photo's documenting the aftermath of the storm here...

 

Great Storm of 1987 - Gallery 2

 

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Cool picks / link, brings back a few memories!!:

[Graham]

I can't believe it's 24 yrs ago. Memories of towing a caravan into Surrey and living in it. Getting a fire going to heat a bucket of water to wash and a tractor and chipper running solidly all day

[easy-lift guy]

Kinda of reminds me of some of the damage seen here in the states after some of the Hurricanes we have had over the last few years. Much more concentrated for you all and so many old trees lost forever.

[sean freeman]

I took vey few if any pics back then (I was much too serious a student to be doing such things ;>P ) but I frequented Russell Square (along with manyother little pocket parks) as a place to gather thoughts and just unwind.

 

Thanks for the galllery link, its weird how photos from the 1980's have a certain 'quality' to them...you just know they are from that era even without the human fashion hints.

[nepia]

I took vey few if any pics back then (I was much too serious a student to be doing such things ;>P ) but I frequented Russell Square (along with manyother little pocket parks) as a place to gather thoughts and just unwind.

 

Thanks for the galllery link, its weird how photos from the 1980's have a certain 'quality' to them...you just know they are from that era even without the human fashion hints.

 

I was living in Tavistock Place, drank in The Friend and ate in the Groti Moti - remember them?!

[David Humphries]

Was the door that led me into working with trees.

The fires we had going, burnt constantly for weeks.

 

London was a disaster zone.

 

Didn't have much stall with a camera back then.

Which in hind sight is really disapointing.

 

 

Good link sean

 

 

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[nepia]

...Slept through the lot being in Central London. Had to be up at 4am, got to Pancras Rd and thought how strange to have to drive round a fallen tree in the middle of London.

Weaved my round dozens of others all the way to North Finchley at which point someone slapped me into reality.

So it it got a bit breezy during the night did it?

 

What brought home the level of devastation for me was when I saw the next day that Reigate/Colley Hills had had their skylines lowered by 60-odd feet.

 

Jon

[David Humphries]

...Slept through the lot being in Central London. Had to be up at 4am, got to Pancras Rd and thought how strange to have to drive round a fallen tree in the middle of London.

Weaved my round dozens of others all the way to North Finchley at which point someone slapped me into reality.

So it it got a bit breezy during the night did it?

 

What brought home the level of devastation for me was when I saw the next day that Reigate/Colley Hills had had their skylines lowered by 60-odd feet.

 

Jon

 

What were you doing up in North Finchley Jon ?

 

 

I left Central London too that morning heading for Capel Manor in Enfield, a normal One hour journey that ended up taking three

 

I had a mini at the time, & was driving along the north circular near East Finchley, (probably doing a little too much speed in a rare empty stretch of road) came over a crest & broke heavily when I realised I was going to career into a load of tree brash.

Skidded, span around, mounted the curb & ended up broadside into a lampost.

 

Dashboard was in the the back of the car, couple of punctues & steering feeling a little 'odd' but as I was ok & a little 'dazed & confused' I got the dashboard back where it should of been, restarted the car & limped up to Capel with people honking their horns at me along the way.

 

Unsupprisingly, Capel was shut due to the storm so it was a wasted journey anyhow.

 

So went back to work, and got 'busy'

 

 

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[chilli]

I was away up in Cheshire on a course at the time, the missus was at home with our two young kiddies. She rang me to say we'd lost part of the roof. The guys who fixed it did so off ladders ( no scaffolding) & one of them fell from the roof, landing on the lawn, walking away with no injuries!

Got a book somewhere with hundreds of 'great storm' pictures. I remember an image of great swathes of trees lying flat with just the odd sentinel standing here & there.