[Magdalen] Where Were You?

[Jay Weigel]

Not  yet married to my second husband. We were in the neighborhood bar,
watching on the TV there. A huge cheer went up when Neil Armstrong stepped
out of the capsule and made his proclamation. The bartender then gave a
free round to everyone present.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:23 AM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nothing very exciting to report really. I was still in high school and
> recall watching the moon landing on TV in my parent's home.
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 9:38 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > On 17/07/2019 01:35, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> > > This is one of those days when one looks back where they were, in
> > thiscase 50 years ago and the successful man on the moon flightof Apollo
> 11?
> >
> > I was in digs South of Manchester working for Hawker Siddeley Aviation
> > (which became part of British Aerospace) as a Design Technician. It
> > sounds grand but I was the most junior part of what was meant to be a
> > progress chasing team for interim ground test equipment for the Nimrod
> > maritime patrol aircraft. I say "meant to be" because in reality there
> > was virtually no progress to chase. We met every 4 weeks to hear that
> > everything was a further 28 days behind schedule. The contract was crazy
> > because it was cost-plus, firms were paid what they had spent plus a
> > mark-up for their profit. Not exactly an incentive to get on with the
> > job in a timely fashion.
> >
> > At the time of the Apollo 11 flight I was working my notice before
> > getting married for the first time and then starting my ordination
> > training in mid August.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
>
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