WHEN the red-top Sunday papers feature religion, it is generally for the wrong reasons. But that was not the case 60 years ago today - Sunday 23 May 1954. "Britain's biggest religious meeting of all time" screamed the News of the World in Gothic type on its front page. "Billy Graham - Amazing Finale" echoed The People, adding: "Drama at Wembley: 10,000 converts surge forward in the rain."
And they were right. The previous evening, Wembley Stadium was filled to overflowing with 120,000 people, some of them spilling out on to the grass. Indeed, so great was the number who wanted to be there that an extra afternoon rally was arranged at White City, attracting a further 65,000 - me among them.
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