Welcome to 1977, the year which saw a wealth of engineering talent and experience came together to form Platts & Nisbett!

Here are some other interesting events which were taking place at the time…
January – The world’s first personal computer, the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.
February – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opens the New Zealand Parliament.
March – The government reveals that inflation has pushed prices up by nearly 70% within three years.
April – Optical fibre is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
May – The HMS Invincible is launched at Barrow-in-Furness by Queen Elizabeth II.
June – Jubilee celebrations are held in the United Kingdom to celebrate 25 years of Elizabeth II’s reign.
July – Led Zeppelin plays their last U.S. concert in Oakland, CA at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
August – Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans lined the streets of Memphis for this funeral.
September – Car industry figures show that foreign cars are outselling British-built ones for the first time. Japanese built Datsuns, German Volkswagens and French Renaults are proving particularly popular with buyers, although British-built products from Ford, British Leyland, Vauxhall and Chrysler UK are still the most popular.
October – The last natural smallpox case is discovered in Merca district, Somalia.
November – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
December – The Queen opens a £71million extension to the London Underground which runs to Heathrow Airport.