It was the week the greatest eclipsed the grandest, boxing legend Muhammad Ali pulling bigger crowds than the Queen in my hometown.
She visited South Shields on the mouth of the River Tyne in July 1977 as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations.
He flew into a British coal mining and shipbuilding area for a marriage blessing in our mosque, game of darts at the seaside, much clowning about and an open top bus ride.
