Larry Ryan: Finding our own way down memory lane

Certain music and entertainment can bring us back to a time and a place. Among people who might be gone. Sport probably does that even better. 
Martin Peters and Jack Charlton celebrate on the pitch after England's victory in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley, 30th July 1966. Captain Bobby Moore, obscured by Jack Charlton, holds the Jules Rimet trophy aloft. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Martin Peters and Jack Charlton celebrate on the pitch after England's victory in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley, 30th July 1966. Captain Bobby Moore, obscured by Jack Charlton, holds the Jules Rimet trophy aloft. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The latest cultural experiment involving the twins at home is progressing nicely and producing intriguing results. Having introduced them to old episodes of classic BBC school drama Grange Hill on YouTube, starting from the series first broadcast around 1985, they are the same age watching it as I was when it was by far my favourite show.

Key finding: It is now by far their favourite show. You could nearly fear they are gripped by an addiction to it as they have ploughed through Ziggy Greaves’ full secondary school education in less than a month.

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