by EMDEE » Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:47 am
I well remember watching the moon landing in my granny's house in Smith Drive. It's the kind of thing that stays with you, and a wonderful memory, and hearing the famous words live as he said them. "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"
At that time, I happened to have a quite consuming interest in astronomy, and had a particular interest because of this.
Apparently his Armstrong ancestry was traced to Langholm in Dumfriesshire, and he was given the freedom of the town, the only person who has ever been given this honour, and on that occasion he claimed it as his home town. Does this mean we can claim this as another Scottish first?
It seems he was a very private man in his later years.
Merda taurorum animas conturbit. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur