Where were you for the storm of '87?

[melias shoes]

Had recently bought a flat in Queens Park Road,Brighton and my girlfriend(now wife)were woken by the storm. Got up and moved into the lounge because directly above the bedroom was a chimney stack. It didn't come down.
Left for work walked down Albion Hill few tiles on the ground,dustbins scattered around but nothing was going prepare me for what was coming next. Walked into St.peters/Lewes rd and the sight of all the fallen trees around the level was unbelievable. Remember thinking to myself bloody hell it must have been bad then.
No chance of a bus so began walking to Hove climbing over the trees in order to do so. Got to old shoreham road and someone who I worked with stopped to give me a lift. I was working for Hove council back then and we were told to get up to Hangelton with tarpaulins,roof tiles etc. When we gotup there gables down,roofs completely off. Chimneys gone through houses. Never forget that site. Long hard day that was.
Got home looked up at my flat realised that there was a hole in it from missing tiles. Climbed up into the loft wondering what to do and luckily there was some lino which I managed to stop the water coming in with. Let's hope tonight isn't as bad.

 

[the wanderbus]

I'd spent the previous month re-slating 6 oast houses in Plaxtol............I spent the next month re-slating 6 oast houses in Plaxtol!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Was living in digs on New England Hill and was due to pick up a lorry in Horley, then be on a site in Aldershot by half six am. Half asleep in the motor wondering why there was a tree lying across Preston Rd, then the same story on all other routes out of town. Coincidentally, a fellow lodger was a locum KFC manager, who was due at a branch that morning in Aldershot no less...

 

[Questions]

Living at home with my parents, went to Bensons nightclub on the Thursday and whilst walking home in the small hours noticed it was getting a bit windy. Then managed to crash out at home and slep through it, the miraculous thing was that it happened at 2-3am rather than 2-3pm when there might have been some serious casualties.

I remember that colour of the sky when we left Chapmans at about midnight.
Lost nearly all of my roof that night.
My lounge windows blew in and the cats thought it great fun to have an extra cat flap.
Scary night that was.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Chatham Place , Seven Dials

 

[Zukey Seagull]

I was born in june 1987

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Had recently bought a flat in Queens Park Road,Brighton and my girlfriend(now wife)were woken by the storm. Got up and moved into the lounge because directly above the bedroom was a chimney stack. It didn't come down.
Left for work walked down Albion Hill few tiles on the ground,dustbins scattered around but nothing was going prepare me for what was coming next. Walked into St.peters/Lewes rd and the sight of all the fallen trees around the level was unbelievable. Remember thinking to myself bloody hell it must have been bad then.
No chance of a bus so began walking to Hove climbing over the trees in order to do so. Got to old shoreham road and someone who I worked with stopped to give me a lift. I was working for Hove council back then and we were told to get up to Hangelton with tarpaulins,roof tiles etc. When we gotup there gables down,roofs completely off. Chimneys gone through houses. Never forget that site. Long hard day that was.
Got home looked up at my flat realised that there was a hole in it from missing tiles. Climbed up into the loft wondering what to do and luckily there was some lino which I managed to stop the water coming in with. Let's hope tonight isn't as bad.

I had had a proper heavy session down Savannah I think it was called (next to Harry Ramsdens) walked along the Lewes Rd about 2.30 didn't think it was windy (that's 10 pints for you) the following day I was also working up in Hangleton for Hove Council, a very long day indeed but that was due to the hangover. so apologies if I was in the same van as the poster above as I smelt a bit choice and was a lazy as ****, but no real change there! (is that you GL?)

 

[Questions]

In a cot taking a dump in my nappy, .

I think that flat near Palmeira Square still caters for that stuff.

 

[melias shoes]

I had had a proper heavy session down Savannah I think it was called (next to Harry Ramsdens) walked along the Lewes Rd about 2.30 didn't think it was windy (that's 10 pints for you) the following day I was also working up in Hangleton for Hove Council, a very long day indeed but that was due to the hangover. so apologies if I was in the same van as the poster above as I smelt a bit choice and was a lazy as ****, but no real change there! (is that you GL?)

Yes mate. What's your initials.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Yes mate. What's your initials.

PM sent

 

[Return of the Rev]

Goldstone lane! PROPER FAN

 

[halbpro]

I was about 3 months old so, unsurprisingly, don't remember it. I would have been in Canterbury though, although I'm told my parents were meant to be taking me to my grandparent's caravan. It's a good thing they didn't in the end, as the caravan was wrecked by the storm, and I almost certainly would have died.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Balcombe - power went off just after Blackadder. Came back on a week later, just before Blackadder. Didn't miss an episode

 

[Mungo_Jerry]

We'd just moved to goldstone crescent. Woke up in the morning and Hove Park had gone, as had our beach but.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Balcombe - power went off just after Blackadder. Came back on a week later, just before Blackadder. Didn't miss an episode

wish the power had gone off during 'Brush Strokes'

 

[Tooting Gull]

Blimey, that brings back some memories.

I was at university in Norwich at UEA, in a rented house in a road called Ashby St I think (since knocked down for offices, a job almost done by the '87 storm several years earlier).

There was a lot of roof damage and the landlord - who was called Major Le Coq (no really, that was his name, and he owned loads of student houses) wasn't exactly the quickest at sorting it all out with his former military efficiency.

 

[LargeHadronZugzwang]

Central Lancing, woke up to single glazing wooden window banging and more of a draught entering the gaps. Looked out said window, only to be a witness to the intruiging concept of flying greenhouses. Going to work at Nissan in Durrington the next day seemed very otherworldly, due to traffic driving around so many trees and obstacles.

 

[mooey]

I was out with the cub scouts the night before and we went out on a walk and walked along by a stream and i remember the stream overflowing and it being very windy.just seems like yesterday i must have been about 10. Slept through the storm itself though woke up and our greenhouse has gone.

 

[Rugrat]

Supposed to be playing golf at East Sussex National ... got half way to Lewes and turned back

 

[Trolly Dolly]

On holiday in Majorca. Couldn't believe what greeted us on arrival back into UK