Subject

Great Storm of 1987

Event   From 16/10/1987 To 16/10/1987

Categories: Tragedy

In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever.

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44568

Avenue of trees

This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...

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45446

Great Storm

This oak tree was planted by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Kevin ...

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44641

Memorial Cross at Lancaster Gate

A City of Westminster information plaque on the ground at the centre of the t...

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44612

Millionth Tree

This is the millionth tree of the Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Pr...

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44737

Sir Peter Medawar tree

The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree ...

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