1969 - 2019
Man on the moon
In 1969 I was a space mad 11 year old. I kept a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and various publications as the events unfolded. Of course by ‘I kept a scrapbook’ I mean I do still have it 😀 so I think now would be a good time to get it online. This was a publication from the Daily Mirror, it cost three shillings and sixpence and outlined what was going to happen in the Apollo 11 mission as well as documenting the previous spaceflights.
50 year old scrapbook
The curation is courtesy of an 11 year old me and probably limited by the newspapers that my parents bought at the time!
I was a Spacecraft Commander
Touchdown to the Moon: Take the first steps in an alien world. I loved it. There was a fold out astronaut pressure suit display that built up in three layers, a flight path map with a ’miniaturised’ Apollo spacecraft so you could practise manoeuvres 🚀 and loads of very official looking briefing notes.
My Spacecraft Commander’s flight plan. Eleven year old me is currently carrying out pre launch checks 😀
Commit 1/GO
Lift Off! Lift Off!
Item 2 from my briefing pack showing how all the stages fitted together.
I did build the Saturn V Airfix model too but sadly that’s not survived the past 50 years.
Lego issued a Saturn V kit though (1969 parts! so cool) and my son Ed built it.
