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World Service,16 Sep 2011,10 mins

Black Wednesday

Witness History

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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. Image: VT Freeze Frame

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