Born in the 1970s?
Here's what shaped your world.
DISCO BALLS AND THREE-DAY WEEKS
The 1970s in Britain meant power cuts, strikes, and the Winter of Discontent — but also punk rock, Bowie, glam, and the Queen's Silver Jubilee. ABBA conquered the charts, the Sex Pistols shocked the nation, and disco lit up Saturday nights.
Life in the 1970s
Pint of Beer
34p
Average House
£11,000
Prime Minister
Heath / Wilson / Callaghan / Thatcher
Longest-running UK No. 1s of the 1970s
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
Queen · 1975
“Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School”
Wings · 1977
“You're the One That I Want”
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John · 1978
“In the Summertime”
Mungo Jerry · 1970
“Summer Nights”
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John · 1978
“The Wonder of You”
Elvis Presley · 1970
“Band of Gold”
Freda Payne · 1970
“I Hear You Knocking”
Dave Edmunds · 1970
“Hot Love”
T. Rex · 1971
“Bye Bye Baby”
Bay City Rollers · 1975
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Popular UK TV Shows of the 1970s
Coronation Street
ITV
Porridge
BBC One
The Generation Game
BBC One
Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Matthew Rhys
Actor
8 November 1974
Hannah Waddingham
Actress
28 July 1974
Andy Burnham
Politician
7 January 1970
Christopher Nolan
Filmmaker
30 July 1970
Lucy Davis
Actress
17 February 1973
Tom Hardy
Actor
15 September 1977
Christian Bale
Actor
30 January 1974
Kelly Macdonald
Actress
23 February 1976
Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A Car of the 1970s
Ford Cortina Mk3
Favourite Sweets of the 1970s
Wham Bars
Pacers
Texan Bar
Spangles
Cadbury Aztec
Fizzy Cola Bottles
Top Toys & Games of the 1970s
Star Wars Figures
Spacehopper
Stretch Armstrong
Slime
Big Trak
Your Generation
Generation X
Raised as latchkey kids during Thatcher's Britain — miners' strikes, ZX Spectrums, Top of the Pops, Brookside, and the first acid house raves. Cynical, capable, and culturally sharp.
Year by year: the 1970s
Prices, events and music for each year of the decade.
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