Born in 1980

£1 in 1980 would be worth approximately £5.40 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1980 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 2 January – Workers at British Steel Corporation go on a nationwide strike over pay called by the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, which has some 90,000 members among British Steel's 150,000 workforce, in a bid to get a 20% rise.
• 25 February – The first episode of the popular political sitcom Yes Minister is broadcast on BBC2 television.
• 31 March – National Heritage Act sets up the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
• 18 April – Zimbabwe becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
• 11 August – Tyne and Wear Metro opens on Tyneside after six years of construction, with the first phase between Haymarket in Newcastle and Whitley Bay. The light rail network is expected to grow throughout the 1980s.
• 9 September – Bibby Line's Liverpool-registered ore-bulk-oil carrier MV Derbyshire sinks with the loss of all 44 crew south off Japan in Typhoon Orchid following structural failure. At 91,655 gross tons, she is the largest UK-registered ship ever lost.
• 3 October – The 1980 Housing Act comes into effect, giving council house tenants of at least three years' standing in England and Wales the right to buy their home from their local council at a discount.
• 10 October – Margaret Thatcher makes her "The lady's not for turning" speech to the Conservative Party conference after party MP's warn that her economic policy was responsible for the current recession and rising unemployment.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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