• 1987 the start for years of smiles for Mr. Jones in Blandford.

  • April 19 The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
  • June 1 Nigel took over an established part time practice located then in West Street.
  • June 11 Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.
  • July 2 & 3 - Richard Branson & Per Lindstrand make first Atlantic crossing in Hot Air balloon.
  • July 31 London's DLR, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is opened by Queen Elizabeth.
  • October 15 & 16 Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of South England, killing 23 people.
  • October 19 Black Monday Stock Market crash.
  • November 1 InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed record reaching 147.88 mph.
  • November 18 The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31.
  • December 8 - Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign Nuclear Arms treaty.