Born in 1986

£1 in 1986 would be worth approximately £3.70 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1986 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 12 January – The game show Catchphrase begins on ITV hosted by Roy Walker along with the computer generated character Mr. Chips. It concludes in 2002, but is revived in 2013.
• 17 February – The UK signs the Single European Act.
• 28 April – The first phase of the MetroCentre, Europe's largest indoor shopping centre, in Gateshead, is opened. The remainder of the centre is set to open this autumn.
• 12 June – Austin Rover is renamed the Rover Group four years after the name change from British Leyland.
• 13 August – The Eurotunnel Group is formed to operate the Channel Tunnel.
• 6 September – First episode of medical drama serial Casualty airs on BBC One. It will still be running on television almost forty years later.
• 7 October – The first edition of The Independent national morning newspaper is published in London.
• 9 October – Musical The Phantom of the Opera opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Lazer Tag
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Popples