Some will remember BBC weatherman Michael Fish failing to forecast a violent extratropical cyclone – one that caused around £2 billion pounds worth of damage. Mr Fish famously told the nation there was nothing to worry about. He was wrong.
That October, the hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc, particularly in the Home Counties. But there was plenty happening right here in Auld Reekie, too, including The Phoenix Bar on Broughton Street being named ‘Pub of the Year’ by readers of the Edinburgh Evening News.
Take a look through our picture gallery for a trip back to 1987 – and let us know your own memories in the comments section before you go.
13. Edinburgh Xmas post 1987
Royal Mail postal worker Barbara Wilson sorts out the Christmas post at Brunswick Road sorting office in Edinburgh, December 1987. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
14. Dundee United players drink tea at airport 1987
Dundee United footballers Eamonn Bannon, Billy Thomson, Iain Ferguson, Paul Hegarty and David Bowman take tea at Edinburgh airport before flying to Czechoslovakia in November 1987. Photo: Unknown
15. Phoenix bar Pub of the Year 1987
The Phoenix bar in Broughton Street Edinburgh, winners of the Evening News Pub of the Year award in December 1987. Photo: Bill Newton
16. Tony Miah cheque presentation to BA 1987
Edinburgh businessman and Indian restaurant owner Tony Miah presents a £10,000 cheque to British Airways stewardess Pat Kerr for the BA Dhaka Orphanage Fund in December 1987. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood