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The Great Storm 1987

The Great Storm of October 1987 caused much damage throughout the city. The now famous photograph of the leaning Brighton telephone boxes can be seen in 'A catalogue of damage'.

A catalogue of damage
Alf and Marge's story
Alf and Marge are former residents of 94 and 96 Rushey Hill Caravan site, Peacehaven, on the night of October ...
Before the storm
No freak of nature We sometimes get the idea that the 1987 storm was a freak of nature. This is simply ...
City elms before the storm
In 1987 on a sunny and peaceful July day, Ian Latimer was in Brighton with his camera. He took photos of these ...
Clearing up
Response was to clear up The 1987 storm, I think, came as a great shock to everybody, really. There was a ...
Damage around the storm swept beach
Damaged trees
Destruction and devastation
Extreme events were recorded The damage caused by the storm was particularly extensive. A swathe right from East Hampshire across to ...
Destruction and replanting at Hove Park
Click on the thumbnails to open a large view in a new window. Total destruction For many years I had been employed ...
Links to other websites:
A general history of the 1987 Great Storm Rushey Hill Caravan Park An account of life in a caravan at Peacehaven and ...
Notes and queries - The last major storm?
From Samantha, posted on our messageboard on 19-10-03: When was the last major storm, prior to 1987? Response from Andy Grant on 27-10-03: J.A.Erredge ...
On the night
It came from the Bay of Biscay A weather system moved in from the Bay of Biscay up the English Channel ...
Photographic memories: the day after the storm
Portslade Photo Gallery
I came across some photos I took of the aftermath of the 1987 hurricane and thought there may be some ...
The elms before destruction
some pictures of the elms before the October 16th Hurricane claimed them. Sites like St. Peter’s Church, The Level and ...
The Great Storm: 25 years ago
Dramatic and catastrophic Anyone who lived in Brighton in October 1987 will remember what came to be known as ‘The Great ...
Trees flung round like matchsticks
“I walked round Brighton the morning after the hurricane of the night of October 15th 1987. That night winds of ...
Woken by a great storm
In the early hours of 16th October 1987 I was awoken by a strange whirring sound. Then I heard the ...

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