A Look Back At

Born in 1973

What Was Life Like in 1973?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Edward Heath

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

20p

Loaf of Bread

12p

Petrol (per litre)

9p

Average House

£9,942

Weekly Wage

£40.92

Value of Money

£1 in 1973 would be worth approximately £17.80 in today's money.

Events of 1973 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1973 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 March – Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark and bestselling albums, is released in the UK. Sleeve design is by Hipgnosis.
  • 17 March – Elizabeth II opens the replacement London Bridge.
  • 6 July – The eighth James Bond film – Live and Let Die – is released in British cinemas, with the spy being played for the first time by 45-year-old The Saint star Roger Moore.
  • 10 July – The Bahamas gain full independence from the United Kingdom within the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 8 October – London Broadcasting Company, the United Kingdom's first legal commercial terrestrial Independent Local Radio station, begins broadcasting.
  • 16 October – The film Don't Look Now, containing one of the most graphic sex scenes hitherto shown in mainstream British cinema, is released in a double bill with The Wicker Man.
  • 12 November – Television sitcom Last of the Summer Wine begins its first series run on BBC One, following a premiere in Comedy Playhouse on 4 January. It will run for 31 series spanning 37 years.
  • 26 November – Peter Walker, the Secretary for Trade and Industry, warns that petrol rationing may have to be introduced in the near future as a result of the oil crisis in the Middle East which is restricting petrol supply.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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