Home alone ⦠a case of bad timing
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published : 18 Jul 2021 at 04:00
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The emotional events at Wembley Stadium last Sunday inevitably stirred personal memories of a similar happening with a different outcome 55 years previously in the summer of 1966.
To put things into context Harold Wilson was UK prime minister, A Man For All Seasons and Alfie starring Michael Caine were the box office hits and the TV series Till Death Do Us Part had just been launched. The BBC announced bold plans for the introduction of colour television, the Beatles were top of the hit parade with Paperback Writer and Time magazine had officially declared London The Swinging City .