A Look Back At

Born in 1990

What Was Life Like in 1990?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

£1.10

Loaf of Bread

55p

Petrol (per litre)

40p

Average House

£59,785

Weekly Wage

£271.00

Value of Money

£1 in 1990 would be worth approximately £2.70 in today's money.

Events of 1990 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1990 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Television debut of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean in a Thames Television special.
  • 4 January – Premiere of the BBC One television comedy One Foot in the Grave, which stars Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie.
  • 1 August – British Airways Flight 149 is seized by the Iraqi Army at Kuwait International Airport following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
  • 3 September – The children's series Rosie and Jim debuts on Children's ITV.
  • 22 September – John Banham, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, warns that most of Britain is now affected by a recession and that there is worse to come.
  • 29 October – Premiere of the BBC One television comedy Keeping Up Appearances, which stars Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes.
  • 2 November – British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) founded as a merger between Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting.
  • 13 December – Poundland, a supermarket chain selling all items for £1, opens its first store at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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