'I want justice for my granddad 60 years on'

"I've lived with this every single day. It's a memory I will never forget."

For many in England, 1966 is known as the year the country brought home its only World Cup trophy. But for Graham Jackson, there is a more negative reason to remember the year.

In July of 1966, his grandfather Thomas Jackson was mugged by three young men while he was on his way home from the Unity Club where he was the treasurer, in Newtown, Birmingham.

Just a few hundreds yards from his house, the 85-year-old was attacked on Allesley Street, and left shaken.

"I know he did fight back. His army days came into play, but it didn't do him any great favours," Graham Jackson said.

"Because the following day he was taken into Dudley Road hospital and actually went into the exact bed space I'd left two weeks earlier."

While in hospital, the doctors found that Jackson had cancer and operated, but he fell ill with pneumonia and died within a couple of days.

No one was ever charged with the mugging.

But his grandson has spent his whole life trying to find out who did it.

Graham Jackson, who now lives in Stafford, told the BBC: "I said to my siblings, this can't be right, someone hasn't been brought to justice for this.

"I have been wanting desperately to find out who the three young men were who mugged him in Allesley Street."

Thomas Jackson had fought in the Boer War and the First World War, being presented with a medal in 1919 for his efforts in the trenches.

He was also a speed walker, and used to walk eight to 10 miles every day.

"I'd only just really got to know my grandfather," Graham Jackson, who is now 74, said.

"My shyness changed when I was about 12 and I did start to ask him questions.

"He quite easily could have been my best friend for the rest of my life."

He has spent years trying to find witnesses and speaking to people who frequented the club where his grandfather was a treasurer.

"I've always believed in justice and unfortunately this will probably never get the justice it deserves," he said.

"One or two or three of them may still be alive. Someone must know."

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