lelchelle

It was 25 yrs ago today that the "Big storm " hit Britian ..... do you remember where you were ? and what you were doing ?

Bloody Micheal Fish

BadgeIsBack

In bed with a broken arm.

nickyjohnt

Hanging onto a lampost !!!

Bernieboy

Trying to get some silly woman off a lamp post,n she wasn't wearing knickers

Pollyana

Lying in bed in Brighton listening to the tiles falling off the roof and smashing outisde the window........while my fiance lay snoring next to me, oblivious to everything!!

LisaIan

I wasn't born! I'm 25 on Wednesday! I remember my parents telling me about it though

Dorothy

I was probably shagging - I'd only been married for 13 days.

Pollyana

I worked in a bookshop in central Brighton at the time. My boss tried to claim she couldn't come to work cos she couldn't get her car out so my fiance took his landrover up there and bulldozed the trees out of the way We then spent the day sweeping broken glass and shattered plastic out of the shop - we had no damage but the bingo place opposite lost its signs which then blew under our doors in a million pieces!
I also remember very clearly being in my local that night and drinking beer by candlelight while swapping stories - no houses around had their power restored by then and the pub was packed!!

nickyjohnt

Aww that was you Bernie ? what a gentleman

Bernieboy

By the way when i told you i hadn't looked,well i lied,i kept one eye open

Jon77

Can't remember that much about it, was still at primary school at the time / was 9 years old. Lived in the North of England which wasn't as bad hit as the South.

Didn't realise there were so many oldies here

Pollyana

Some of us are truly ancient, trust me!!

lesleys

Trying to get out of our drive. There were 6 trees across it.
A few days later we got as far as the road, but it didn't go very far.

No electricity or phone for about 12 days. So no heating - the oil boiler needed electricity to run.

Took several days before we got into work and then we could bring home thermos flasks full of hot water.

Pollyana

Fantastic pics

By Aussie standards it was probably the equivalent of a high Cat 1 or low Cat 2 cyclone, probably the start of my future career too

For those too young to remember it - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987

lesleys

We had to wait for the army to clear the roads around us. We managed to get a camping stove and eventually found a generator to hire, then the power came back. We bought a generator after that and it got used a fair few times.

I seem to remember something about the stock market as well about that time