Wow! What a nice surprise! Thanks Kayakamina & Slaney. Having voted, I'm just off to London to babysit my 8 month-old grand daughter while her mother goes swanning off to New York for 5 days. 1963 will have to wait until after I get home on Tuesday.
Many thanks for the link Mintyman and heartiest congratulations to Kettledrum!
The various thematic elements have been ( hopefully ) stored in the memory banks in case they appear in our quiz league.
Many congrats Kettledrum. Another fairly straightforward offering this week, although google came into serious play for some of the elements! This one kept us company on our return journey from London to the north (EV on the way south) and it is pleasing to see just how much more able we are this year than last, when the thought of trying the puzzles without all the aids would have been inconceivable.