* 1997 – Norman Carr, British conservationist ( b. 1912 )

* 1934 – Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler ( d. 1997 )

British Railways ( BR ), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

It was formed from the nationalisation of the " Big Four " British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997.

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

* Blair, Alasdair M. " The British iron and steel industry since 1945 ," Journal of European Economic History Winter 1997, Vol.

Until 1997, when the British Library ( previously centred on the Round Reading Room ) moved to a new site, the British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building.

The Government suggested a site at St Pancras for the new British Library but the books did not leave the museum until 1997.

The Reading Room closed in 1997 when the national library ( the British Library ) moved to a new building at St Pancras.

Probably more representative of British humour were the working class comedies Brassed Off ( 1996 ) and The Full Monty ( 1997 ).

The section of Route 3 between Wimbledon and West Croydon follows the old single-track British Rail route for the most part, which was closed on 31 May 1997 so that it could be converted for Tramlink.

* 1997 – Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler ( b. 1930 )

The book itself won the 1997 British Book of the Year award.

Incorporating experiments in British jungle and drum ' n ' bass, Earthling ( 1997 ) was a critical and commercial success in the UK and the US, and two singles from the album became UK top 40 hits.

In addition to performing for the Pope, the singer participated in a live broadcast on British television for Christmas Eve in 1997, before she flew home to County Donegal to join her family at midnight Mass.

Boztepe was romantically linked with British actress Jacqueline Bisset from 1997 until 2005.

Other notable British Asian films from this period include My Son the Fanatic ( 1997 ), Ae Fond Kiss ... ( 2004 ), Mischief Night ( 2006 ), Yasmin ( 2004 ) and Four Lions ( 2010 ).

* 1997 – Barry Evans, British actor ( b. 1943 )

Dupont and British Petroleum left in 1997, Shell Oil ( US ) in 1998, Ford in 1999, and DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, and Texaco in 2000.

* Jim Hillier, Howard Hawks: American Artist, Peter Wollen ( British Film Institute, 1997 )

On 1 July 1997, sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), ending over one and a half centuries of British rule.

Before 1997, it was the duty of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.

In 1997, the band released a compilation album, My Body, The Hand Grenade, which featured material from the band's earliest recordings in 1989 up until 1995, and, in September 1998, released their third studio album, Celebrity Skin, which featured a stark power pop sound as opposed to the group's earlier punk rock influences.

Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals have a song on the 1997 album " Radiator " called " Chupacabras ".

* The Substructure, a Christian underground band, wrote a song " Running Time " ( released on the KUDZU Musicians ' Sampler 1997 ) loosely based on Thompson's poem.

At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, the creative music video for " Virtual Insanity " won four awards ; Best Video, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Breakthrough Video, and the band performed the song at the ceremony.

In 1997, Kid Rock added drummer / vocalist Stefanie Eulinberg to his band, joining Kenny Olson, Jason Krause, Jimmie Bones, Uncle Kracker, Misty Love, Shirley Hayden and Joe C .. On August 18, 1998, Atlantic released Devil Without a Cause behind the single " Welcome 2 The Party.

Trucker became both Rock's studio and live band in 1997.

The band reunited with Neil in 1997, after their current manager, Allen Kovac, and Neil's manager, Bert Stein, set up a meeting between Neil, Lee, and Sixx.

In 1997, after almost two years of silence, they released their second album, albeit without Deon Blue, who by then had left the band.

In 1997, the Christian comedy band ApologetiX also parodied Lump with " Plump ", as well as " Peaches " with " Preachers ".

Throughout 1995, 1996 and 1997, the band made worldwide tours to support their first two albums.

* Phobos ( album ), a 1997 album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod

The tour was broken up into two segments spanning October through December 1996 and May through July 1997 with the band taking a respite between tour legs.

After wrapping up the tour promoting Test for Echo in 1997, the band entered a five-year hiatus primarily due to personal tragedies in Peart's life.

* Sessions ( Descendents EP ), a 1997 EP by the punk rock band the Descendents

* Stella One Eleven, an Australian pop / rock band formed in 1997

The Diggers are a Scottish post-Britpop powerpop band, with a 1997 debut album, Mount Everest.

* Raphael ( band ), a former Japanese rock band, active from 1997 – 2001

* " Redundant " ( song ), a song recorded by the American rock band Green Day in 1997

In recording their follow-up, Blur ( 1997 ), the band underwent another reinvention, showing influence from the lo-fi style of American indie rock groups.

Since then the band have released five albums: In It for the Money ( 1997 ), Supergrass ( 1999 ), Life on Other Planets ( 2002 ), Road to Rouen ( 2005 ) and Diamond Hoo Ha ( 2008 ), as well as a decade-ending compilation called Supergrass is 10 ( 2004 ).

The band is best known for its 1997 hit " Sex and Candy ".

( McCleary 1997: 2-3 )., ( Bowers 1992: 21 ) Their leader No Intestines had received a vision and led his band on a long migratory search for sacred tobacco, finally settling in southeastern Montana.

* Thursday is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1997.