A Look Back At

Born in 1967

What Was Life Like in 1967?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

14p

Loaf of Bread

9p

Petrol (per litre)

7p

Average House

£4,010

Weekly Wage

£21.00

Value of Money

£1 in 1967 would be worth approximately £26.20 in today's money.

Events of 1967 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1967 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 23 January – Milton Keynes, a village situated in northern Buckinghamshire, is formally designated as a new town by the government, incorporating nearby towns and villages including Bletchley and Newport Pagnell.
  • 11 April – Tom Stoppard's tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead receives its Old Vic premiere in London.
  • 13 April – Casino Royale, the first of two unofficial James Bond films not produced by Eon Productions, is released. A parody, it is the only film to star David Niven as James Bond.
  • 26 May – The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is rush released in the UK as mono and stereo LPs ahead of the scheduled June 1 release date.
  • 12 June – You Only Live Twice, the fifth main James Bond film, premieres in London.
  • 5 August – Pink Floyd release their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
  • 2 September – Paddy Roy Bates proclaims HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell naval fort off the Suffolk coast, as an independent sovereign state, the Principality of Sealand.
  • 29 September – Cult television series The Prisoner is first broadcast in the UK on ITV.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Lite-Brite
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UK No. 1 on 1 January 1967

Green, Green Grass of Home

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