Born in 1955

£1 in 1955 would be worth approximately £36.10 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1955 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 1 January – The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiant jets from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire.
• 25 February – Aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (launched 1950) commissioned, the first constructed with an angled flight deck and steam catapults from new.
• 24 May – Wartime film The Dam Busters is released.
• 26 August – Hammer Film Productions' The Quatermass Xperiment is released.
• 27 August – The Guinness Book of Records is first published.
• 22 September – The Independent Television Authority's first ITV franchise begins broadcasting the UK's first commercial television station in London, ending the 18-year monopoly of the BBC. The first advertisement shown is for Gibbs SR toothpaste.
• 8 December – The Ealing comedy film The Ladykillers is released.
• 12 December – Christopher Cockerell patents his design of hovercraft.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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• Matchbox Cars