Born in 1982

£1 in 1982 would be worth approximately £4.40 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1982 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 12 February – Opening of the first Next clothing store, a rebranding of the merged Joseph Hepworth and Kendall chains masterminded by George Davies. It specialises in women's clothing.
• 3 March – The Queen opens the Barbican Centre, a performing arts venue in the City of London.
• 2 April – Falklands War begins as Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• 21 May – The Haçienda nightclub opens in Manchester.
• 15 October – The Ford Sierra is launched as a replacement for the long-running Cortina and its ultra-modern aerodynamic styling causes controversy among potential buyers who for years had been drawn to the conventional Cortina but it soon goes on to be a sales success.
• 2 November – The fourth terrestrial television channel, Channel 4, begins broadcasting, the first programme broadcast being the game show Countdown, hosted by Richard Whiteley. Another flagship programme is the Liverpool-based soap opera Brookside.
• 3 December – UK release of the film Gandhi. This will win eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Richard Attenborough) and Best Actor (Ben Kingsley) four months later.
• 3 December – UK release of the film animation The Plague Dogs based on the novel of the same name by Richard Adams; the film is controversial as it contains some violence.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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