My friend Francis and I were 8 at the time, his home was furnished with a new colour tv, I spent the day at his house. He and I were armed with one of those relatively new fangled 50 pence pieces each. We bought fruit salad and black jack chews. You could get 4 for a penny then so with a mountain of 400 chews we sat scoffing them fearing a crushing defeat from Leeds.
I remember the emotions at full time, sickness after demolishing most of the chew mountain, laughter at listening to Eddie Waring (sulking) and amazement and delight that Leigh had won.
It was a great day… if you don’t count the clip round the ear from my Dad for “wasting 50p on bloody chews”
I’d do it all again, if only we could

Hell of a long pregnancy that.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono werenon the beach in Cannes for the film festival.
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Efraim Elrom, Israeli ambassador to Turkey, was kidnapped ; later killed in Istanbul May 25.

I was four months old.

He was asking reporters if any of them knew what the score was.......I believe he'd had a side bet with Michael Redgrave ( a well known Loiners fan!) who had starred in that years [iPalme d'Or[/i winner "The Go-Between".

John and Yoko raised a celebratory pint later - and sent a congratulatory telegram to the lads in the Ring'o'Bells dominoes team!!!




I was 3 - and remember nothing of the day!!

I was 18 months old and was left at home with my mum, whilst dad and my older sisterwent to Wembley. Apparently for the home coming I was pushed round Leigh in a buggy wearing a large cherry and white rosette.

I was 8 and was either fishing at the cockey pond near Higher Fold or rabbiting with my uncle Joe. Went to Leigh though to cheer the boys home. Never forget that night.