Have no idea what triggered it, but do you remember radio SOS messages? The programme would be interrupted and the announcer would say, "Would Mr Joe Bloggs, last heard of in Manchester five years ago, please return to Ivy Cottage, where his mother Mrs Hilda Bloggs is seriously ill."
I always used to wonder if the message got through and son got home in time for a reconciliation.
These messages went out quite frequently. Sad, wasn't it.
Do you live abroad and long for home ?