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Great storm bronze plaque

London, England, United Kingdom

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. The Evening Standard launched a tree appeal and this English oak, placed here a year after the storm, is one of the many new trees paid

for by its readers. It was planted by the City of Westminster on 16 October 1988. — Gate pillar at junction of Strand and Villiers Street

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