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It is the evening of the 6th of July, 1972, in the city of Bristol, South West England.

It has been a warm day and children are still playing, in the city of Bristol, southwest England. It has been a warm day, and children are still playing outside in the dwindling sunlight. But one 13-year-old boy is unable to enjoy the glorious evening.

Stuck inside, he sits at the dining table, with his exercise book and pencil case, listlessly doing his math's homework.

Behind him, his mother bustles about in their avocado green kitchen, humming along to something on the radio.

Through the doorway into the living room, he can see his father reading the paper. When he catches his son staring, he gestures sharply for him to get back to the equations.

Eventually his mother takes off her apron and calls through to her son to hurry up.

The program will be starting in five minutes.

The boy speeds through his last few sums

before slamming his textbook shut

and racing eagerly into the living room.

He kneels on the heavily patterned carpet

and switches on the brand new color television,

pressing the button beside the screen for the right channel.

As deep as it is wide, the top of the line black and silver monstrosity is his father's pride and joy.

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