A Look Back At

Born in 2001

What Was Life Like in 2001?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

£1.90

Loaf of Bread

74p

Petrol (per litre)

76p

Average House

£97,135

Weekly Wage

£483.00

Value of Money

£1 in 2001 would be worth approximately £1.80 in today's money.

Events of 2001 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2001 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 19 February – Foot and mouth crisis begins.
  • 7 June – General Election: Labour Party attains a second successive landslide election victory. Among the new entrants to parliament is 34-year-old future Conservative prime minister David Cameron, who retains the Witney seat in Oxfordshire for the Conservative Party.
  • 4 August – Oxford United move into their new 12,500-seat Kassam Stadium near the city's Blackbird Leys estate. Work on the stadium had started in 1996 but halted the following year due to the club's financial problems.
  • 11 August – Southampton F.C. move into their new 32,000-seat St Mary's Stadium.
  • 17 September – Gateshead Millennium Bridge opens to the public.
  • 7 October – United States armed-forces invade Afghanistan. Submarines of the British Royal Navy participate using Tomahawk cruise missiles.
  • 4 November – The Police Service of Northern Ireland is established, as successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
  • 9 November – The film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is premiered in London.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Bratz Dolls
  • GameCube
  • Xbox

UK No. 1 on 1 January 2001

Can We Fix It?

Bob the Builder