Born in 1948

£1 in 1948 would be worth approximately £44.00 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1948 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 1 January – British Railways created when the government nationalizes the railway industry.
• 4 January – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1 February – The Malayan Union is restructured as the Federation of Malaya
• 23 March – The radio comedy Take It From Here, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, is first broadcast by the BBC.
• 15 April – Rowntree's introduce Polo mint sweets.
• 4 May – Release of Sir Laurence Olivier's film of Shakespeare's Hamlet, which will be the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• 14–15 May – At midnight, the British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated as the state of Israel comes into being.
• 5 July – The National Health Service begins functioning, giving the right to universal healthcare, free at point of use.

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