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The winds of change that blasted Footsie

By Robert Orr

Published: October 18 2007 18:25 | Last updated: October 18 2007 18:25

Two violent storms hit London in October 1987.

The first, which lashed southern England with 100mph winds in the early hours of October 16, will forever be linked with the second, Black Monday three days later, when stock markets around the world collapsed.

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