We heard of his run on TV here as you say an amazing effort and he could not have picked a hotter time to do his run they didn't mention he was a northumbrian
For anyonre who didn't see the game and what a corker it was England was 18 New zealand 14 and in the last 30sec the Kiwi's scored and converted their try Final score NZ 20 England 18
I lived at my Grandmothers house in East Riggs in the late 50's and i remember all the sounds Symtoms recalls,but we just put up with things like that then and got on with it. Not like to-day
The only trouble with any Sandwich that contains tomato is they were built in the morning consumed on the beach (Newbiggen) at lunch, this gave them plenty of time to go soggy