Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

1977

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister

1979

1981

Census - population 44,671 (estimated)

Start of Falklands War

1982

Fall of Berlin Wall

1989

1991

Census - population 47,579 (estimated)

1993

Centenary of rebuilding of St Paul's Church

1996

Part of Grammar School destroyed by fire

1996

Town Hall centenary celebrations

Diana Princess of Wales killed in car accident

1997

1999

New Morley Town Council set up

2001

Census - population 54,051 (estimated)

Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

2002