Four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to …
Four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to kick off, the Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen from the Central Hall in Westminster during the Stanley Gibbons 'Stampex' exhibition. A week later, David Corbett's dog Pickles pulled the missing trophy out of a holly hedge in south London - and in doing so claimed a £5,000 reward for his owner. #England1966