Edward Kennedy drove off a bridge at Chappaquiddick and rising inflation was a world wide problem. As usual.

It was a great year for rock and roll. Well, almost.

Among the UK hits were I Heard It through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye, Get Back by The Beatles, Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones, Blue Moon Rising by Creedance Clearwater Revival. Top of the pops when Apollo landed was, appropriately, Something In The Air by Thunderclap Newman.

Sadly the quality went downhill from October when Sugar Sugar by The Archies dominated right through until Rolf Harris had his Christmas hit with Two little Boys.

The moon landing promised an exciting future for the world which, as it happened, simply chugged along as it always has done with unexciting predictability.

The future brought mobile phones, flat screen televisions and the internet but we are still waiting for world peace and contact with ET.

NEIL Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin tried to have a party on the Moon but it was

a flop. There was no atmosphere. (Boom, boom).