Moon landing - 50 years

[rogerdB]

sounded interesting !!!!! if  a recording is found later will try and put a snippet

The concert is repeated on Radio 3 on Monday 22nd at 1400 and the TV broadcast is on the iPlayer.

[Bealman]

As I sit here tonight, I'm looking at my diary from 1969.

Little did I know then, that, 50 years later, to the day, I'd be on crutches and wearing a plastic moonboot! 

[crewearpley40]

Thanks roger for that

[Bealman]

Roger. Copy that, Houston.

[crewearpley40]

hope that you get well george if on crutches, worth a listen to that

[rogerdB]

As I sit here tonight, I'm looking at my diary from 1969.

Little did I know then, that, 50 years later, to the day, I'd be on crutches and wearing a plastic moonboot! 

But let's be grateful that we were alive to witness the mission and are still alive and able to remember it!

[crewearpley40]

Agreed

[railsquid]

As I sit here tonight, I'm looking at my diary from 1969.

Little did I know then, that, 50 years later, to the day, I'd be on crutches and wearing a plastic moonboot! 

But let's be grateful that we were alive to witness the mission and are still alive and able to remember it!

Sometimes I wish I'd been born about a decade earlier as I missed all the exciting space stuff. As it was I would have witnessed Apollo 17 late in the third trimester, for Apollo 16 I may just about technically have existed as a clump of cells.

[scottmitchell74]

As I sit here tonight, I'm looking at my diary from 1969.

Little did I know then, that, 50 years later, to the day, I'd be on crutches and wearing a plastic moonboot! 

But let's be grateful that we were alive to witness the mission and are still alive and able to remember it!

Sometimes I wish I'd been born about a decade earlier as I missed all the exciting space stuff. As it was I would have witnessed Apollo 17 late in the third trimester, for Apollo 16 I may just about technically have existed as a clump of cells.

Me too! I generally like when I was born and would prefer to be a child of the 80's than of the 70's, but I would have loved to been alive and aware during the Moon-era. I also think that would have been a great decade for NFL football and MLB baseball, just knowing my preferences for how the game is played.  That said, I missed out on Vietnam entirely and the rest of what I call "the lost decade".

[crewearpley40]

i was not even born but soundede fascinating when i read up on this

[crewearpley40]

here is the beeb c yes the corporation clip and some
commentary


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-48991051

[Bealman]

A couple of pages from my 1969 diary....





It would appear the young Bealman was a very active young lad in those days.... climbing over Striding Edge one day, and brewing beer another!

Here's the front page of our local rag from saturday:

[chrism]

A couple of pages from my 1969 diary....

It would appear the young Bealman was a very active young lad in those days.... climbing over Striding Edge one day, and brewing beer another!

Pity his diary didn't have a spool chucker   

[crewearpley40]

Was that article well thumbed or sepia toned?

[chrism]

Was that article well thumbed or sepia toned?

Probably just its age - newspaper paper does tend to go yellow with age quicker than better quality paper which is intended to last better.