Jack and Bobby Charlton, who were in the 1966 World Cup-winning team, came from Ashington.
BBC News, North East and CumbriaLaura Rochester remembers the Charlton brothers being driven round Ashington to cheering crowds after the 1966 World Cup final
Many in the town still remember watching that game, and the heroes' welcome the Charlton brothers received when they came home. "After the game, they came round Ashington in a big car, there were crowds of people everywhere," she remembered.Hirst Park in Ashington where the Charlton brothers played football during their childhood"We were on a school trip in Keswick in tents, and the lads were running up to the farmhouse and back bringing news of how the game was going," she said.
Vikkie Warham, 50, said she was "not a huge football fan" and was planning to get some ironing done with one eye on the match.
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