In The Pit Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rung the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!" (Michael Fish) So alot in the press about the anniversary of the Great Storm Of 1987. I was just 8 years old at the time and the sound of the wind woke me up at around 6am I knew something wasn't right from the noise so I got out of bed to see a tree across the road had crushed a Maestro van I then ran in to wake my parents who had slept through it all. Four of my MKII Escorts came from London and Kent luckily they must have been stored safely in a garage or away from any falling trees. What do you remember, what cars do you recall getting crushed or damaged and do you have any photos to post . Heres some images from the internet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Pit Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rung the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!" (Michael Fish) So alot in the press about the anniversary of the Great Storm Of 1987. I was just 8 years old at the time and the sound of the wind woke me up at around 6am I knew something wasn't right from the noise so I got out of bed to see a tree across the road had crushed a Maestro van I then ran in to wake my parents who had slept through it all. Four of my MKII Escorts came from London and Kent luckily they must have been stored safely in a garage or away from any falling trees. What do you remember, what cars do you recall getting crushed or damaged and do you have any photos to post . Heres some images from the internet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroNautiCal Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Nature's shite smite night! I remember waking up to no electricity, which meant that I couldn't open my workshop that day, I woke my wife to tell her, then we both went back to sleep. It was one hell of a storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroNautiCal Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Nature's shite smite night! I remember waking up to no electricity, which meant that I couldn't open my workshop that day, I woke my wife to tell her, then we both went back to sleep. It was one hell of a storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 OMG, wasn't there some lovely shite out there in 1987?Why was everything nicer and better in ye goode olde dayse? That sad-and-lonely-gold-metallic Fuego. Man, I'd kill for less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 OMG, wasn't there some lovely shite out there in 1987?Why was everything nicer and better in ye goode olde dayse? That sad-and-lonely-gold-metallic Fuego. Man, I'd kill for less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 It would be a hoot to drive the bent in half Renner 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 It would be a hoot to drive the bent in half Renner 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael1703 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 We watched a mk1 cortina being wrecked, it was parked in a garage which was attached to an end of terrace house, the wind got under the garage door and the garage door started flapping open and shut and whacking the back of the car and then with the garage door blown off the wind got under and pulled the roof off and then the walls crumbled in and fell on the roof/bonnet/bootlid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael1703 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 We watched a mk1 cortina being wrecked, it was parked in a garage which was attached to an end of terrace house, the wind got under the garage door and the garage door started flapping open and shut and whacking the back of the car and then with the garage door blown off the wind got under and pulled the roof off and then the walls crumbled in and fell on the roof/bonnet/bootlid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 My old local paper (Hastings) did a free supplement of photos like this, I found a copy in a charity shop.I think some of these snaps might've come from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 My old local paper (Hastings) did a free supplement of photos like this, I found a copy in a charity shop.I think some of these snaps might've come from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I remember driving to work the morning after in my Opel Manta. Everywhere was just a mass of tree branches, and Mike Smith on the radio having people phone in with tales of doom and gloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I remember driving to work the morning after in my Opel Manta. Everywhere was just a mass of tree branches, and Mike Smith on the radio having people phone in with tales of doom and gloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was 5 at the time, and can remember it being really noisy that night but our house escaped scot free. There were some massive trees in the local park that all got blown over though. Great pictures, though you do have to feel bad for the owners. I hope they were all fully comp........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was 5 at the time, and can remember it being really noisy that night but our house escaped scot free. There were some massive trees in the local park that all got blown over though. Great pictures, though you do have to feel bad for the owners. I hope they were all fully comp........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMoss Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I had to drive into central London the next morning to pickup some passports/visas from a Middle Eastern country's embassy - it looked like Hiroshima on "the day after". My mk1 Scirocco was fine (ironically it was a "Storm" model) but the embassy was closed because none of the staff had come in to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMoss Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I had to drive into central London the next morning to pickup some passports/visas from a Middle Eastern country's embassy - it looked like Hiroshima on "the day after". My mk1 Scirocco was fine (ironically it was a "Storm" model) but the embassy was closed because none of the staff had come in to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I don't remember anything about it.....I know it happened but nothing sticks in the mind to make it stand out !!!! perhaps i was too pissed and stoned at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I don't remember anything about it.....I know it happened but nothing sticks in the mind to make it stand out !!!! perhaps i was too pissed and stoned at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 We didnt get too much of a twattering up in Granadaland. I do vaguely remember I had to go into college the next day for something, (a radio exam possibly, I cant really remember now) and feeling ePic at riding my moped through the detritus that littered the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 We didnt get too much of a twattering up in Granadaland. I do vaguely remember I had to go into college the next day for something, (a radio exam possibly, I cant really remember now) and feeling ePic at riding my moped through the detritus that littered the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was 4 and lived in Huddersfield at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was 4 and lived in Huddersfield at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was 18 and drove to work in my mini occasionally having to mount the pavement to get around fallen trees. We lived in Yateley/Hants at the time which didn't get hit as bad as the south east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was 18 and drove to work in my mini occasionally having to mount the pavement to get around fallen trees. We lived in Yateley/Hants at the time which didn't get hit as bad as the south east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 On behalf of those living in Scotland at the time, "What big storm of 1987?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 On behalf of those living in Scotland at the time, "What big storm of 1987?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburied Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 That white Fiesta was last taxed in 2003.. Surprised someone repaired it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburied Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 That white Fiesta was last taxed in 2003.. Surprised someone repaired it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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