Witness History: Archive 2011 - Black Wednesday

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On 16 September 1992, Britain lost billions in foreign currency reserves in a single day.

Norman Lamont was Chancellor of the Exchequer when the country had to crash out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

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Published on Friday, 16th September 2011.

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