On an October morning in 1987, Suffolk woke to scenes of devastation following an unprecedented storm overnight.
The great storm of 1987 hit on October 16, with hurricane-force winds bringing down trees, telegraph poles and power lines across the region.
Children living in rural areas had the day off school, with many roads left unpassable by buses, with some communities left without power for days or weeks in some cases.
Bury Free Press photographers went out and about, capturing the scenes in and around Bury St Edmunds following that fateful night.
What are your memories of the great storm?
Storm damage near Nowton Court School in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in the Abbey Gardens in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage at Bardwell windmill in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in the Abbey Gardens in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in the Abbey Gardens in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Victoria Street in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Norfolk Road, Bury St Edmunds, in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Norfolk Road, Bury St Edmunds, in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveJohn Dunning's storm damaged home in Barnham, 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage around Bury St Edmunds in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Rougham Road. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage at Bardwell windmill in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage on the newly built Moreton Hall in Symonds Road in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archiveStorm damage in Victoria Street in 1987. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
The great storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in the United Kingdom, France and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast.
The storm killed at least 22 people in England and France. The highest gust in the UK, measuring 120 mph, was recorded at Shoreham, West Sussex.
The storm has since been termed a weather bomb due to its rapid development.
