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But it was after returning to the North Bank when he was demobbed, that he saw some of the most iconic figures of Welsh football.

After his demob he went to the Slade School of Fine Art, from where he graduated in 1957 and set out to make a living as an illustrator.

Back in the UK, he acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting and Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment.

According to UN guidelines, demobbed girls should be offered vocational training “in all types of occupations, including those traditionally limited to men and boys”.

For 65, perhaps for 70 years, he refused to speak about his experiences on the French coast - when he left the US Army in 1945, he was demobbed with "the shakes", he says.