The 90s are often fondly remembered by the UK public.
It was a decade of Britpop and Euro 96. This was the decade of the end of Margaret Thatcher. The National Lottery was launched, along with 24-hour shopping and Sunday trading. Mobile phones, dishwashers, personal computers were becoming more popular. The 1990s were a big decade for Birmingham, when the city changed considerably - that’s for sure.
The city centre roads were taken over by a Superprix to rival the likes of Monaco, we hosted the Eurovision Song Contest and a G8 Summit - with the likes of US President Bill Clinton, President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Tony Blair walking through the streets and Broad Street was transformed with Brindleyplace and the magnificent Symphony Hall and International Convention Centre.
5. Liberty’s nightclub on
Vogueing, or doing the Macarena if you weren’t quite as cool, at Liberty’s on Hagley Road | Roz Laws
6. Aston Villa ManagerRon Atkinson, Manager of Aston Villa, 1990
Undated: Portrait of Ron Atkinson, Manager of Aston Villa. \ Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport | Getty Images
7. British Prime Minister John Major, and Douglas Hurd, the foreign secretary
British Prime Minister John Major, and Douglas Hurd, the foreign secretary, at the EC summit in Birmingham, October 1992. (Photo by Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
8. French President of the Republic Francois Mitterrand (L) talks with Foreign minister Roland Dumas (R)
French President of the Republic Francois Mitterrand (L) talks with Foreign minister Roland Dumas (R), on October 16, 1992 during the one-day European summit, in Birmingham. (Photo by GERRY PENNY / AFP) (Photo by GERRY PENNY/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images