winceyette

They look as though they died wearing cheerful winceyette pyjamas, but they are a sign that, for well-off Egyptians at least, a sense of prosperity has replaced the uncertainty.

The cosy winceyette nightwear and woolly cardigans give away the chilly Yorkshire weather even in May, but we were used to being cold.

One day we will marvel that players for the game's biggest financial powerhouse ever flew home from European ties, or out to summer tours, wearing anything other than branded winceyette rompers.