Optimistic Headline
Photo taken in September 1973.
This 1973 Evening News headline has the channel tunnel (the "Chunnel") opening in 1980 -- 14 years before the actual opening in 1994. I took this shot not for the headline (who knew at the time?) but for the vendor picking through the change in his hand. This was the year that England switched from the "old" pence to the "new" -- and both were in circulation at the same time. Any transaction involving coins could be an adventure, especially for a tourist.
Optimistic Headline
Photo taken in September 1973.
This 1973 Evening News headline has the channel tunnel (the "Chunnel") opening in 1980 -- 14 years before the actual opening in 1994. I took this shot not for the headline (who knew at the time?) but for the vendor picking through the change in his hand. This was the year that England switched from the "old" pence to the "new" -- and both were in circulation at the same time. Any transaction involving coins could be an adventure, especially for a tourist.