1927

Happy birthday mum. Born in the year of jazz and Lindbergh flying the Atlantic; the dawn of television, the BBC, talking movies, transatlantic phone calls and traffic lights; the recognition of Ireland as a free state; and Cardiff winning the FA Cup. That same day Kenneth Tynan and Ferenc Puskas entered the world, followed later in the year by Danny La Rue, the current Pope, Val Doonican, Roger Moore, Janet (Psycho) Leigh and good old Ken Dodd.