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Wales have ended what has at times seemed an interminable wait to reach the World Cup after defeating Ukraine in their final qualifying play-off in Cardiff.
Jimmy Murphy oversaw an unforgettable run to the quarter-finals in 1958 in Sweden in what has been their only appearance on football’s grandest stage – until now.
Much has changed in the last 64 years and, here, the PA news agency takes a look at how life then compares to now.
1958: Two shillings (24 pence)
2022: £3.96
June 1958: Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now
June 2022: Harry Styles – As It Was
1958: Harold Macmillan
2022: Boris Johnson
1958: £2,049
2022: £260,771
1958: One shilling and six pence (18p, per gallon)
2022: £1.68 (per litre)
1958: Crackerjack (this was also the year that Blue Peter was launched)
2022: Bridgerton
1958: 3p
2022: 49p
1958: Ford Anglia
2022: Vauxhall Corsa
1958: South Pacific
2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
1958: One shilling and seven pence (19p)
2022: £13.60
1958: 615,500 personnel
2022: 148,000 personnel
1958: 4p
2022: £1.15
A render of the development plan at the old gasworks site
Traitors star Andrew Moloney has revealed that he will become a Dad for the first time next month
Local charities and voluntary organisations are set to benefit after gardai applied to dispose of a significant quantity of cash which has been in its possession for some time
The body of 24-year-old Lee Slattery was discovered in a shallow grave on the outskirts of the city in May 2010 | FILE PHOTO
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