A Look Back At

Born in 1987

What Was Life Like in 1987?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

75p

Loaf of Bread

49p

Petrol (per litre)

37p

Average House

£39,564

Weekly Wage

£205.00

Value of Money

£1 in 1987 would be worth approximately £3.50 in today's money.

Events of 1987 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1987 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Release of cult black comedy film Withnail and I.
  • 11 June – The 1987 general election sees Margaret Thatcher secure her third term in office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • 27 June – 25 years after the first James Bond film was released, the fifteenth, The Living Daylights, premieres in London, with the spy now being played by Timothy Dalton.
  • 27 July – Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" is released, the first of eight of his singles to reach the Top 10 in the UK.
  • 30 July – The Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is opened by The Queen; passenger service will begin a month later.
  • 19 October – Black Monday: Wall Street crash leads to £50,000,000,000 being wiped of the value of shares on the London stock exchange.
  • 5 November – London City Airport opens.
  • 17 November – Fireman Sam, a children's television series about a fireman voiced and narrated by John Alderton, debuts on BBC1.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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UK No. 1 on 1 January 1987

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