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Going for a dip at Trafalgar Square on July 31, 1966, to celebrate England’s World Cup win. Picture: Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL/Getty
HEARING of the death of Bobby Charlton transported me back to London, 1966, and the day when England won the soccer World Cup. It was difficult to be alive without being ecstatic.
Even people who knew nothing about soccer knew the names of Bobby Charlton and his brother and other members of the team, like Nobby Stiles.
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