The thing I remember most about the day was that my brother brought his best friend home with him (we lived just around the corner from the school) and the two of them continually tied and untied slip knots in my french knitting and by the end of the day it was three times as long as it started.  It was fun watching them, probably more so than the moon landing.

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:
It sounds like you're a bit moonstruck.

I remember having the day off school so we could all watch it on TV. I don't remember being all that excited about it.

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i vaugly remember the weeks leading up to the moon landing reading the front page information in the daily paper (wish id saved it all now)

the endless diagrams of how it was planned to go.

then watching the B/W TV of the launch and then the landing.

i was 9

funny but no one ever thought they wouldn't do it and get back

a pocket guide to the moon

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-16/pocket-guide-to-the-moon/11260558

ELO - Ticket To The Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdZTNLkpuA

Harry Nilsson ~ The Moombeam Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYrySQsMjdE

Tony Bennett - Fly Me To The Moon 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJ0zMv4N4o

Apollo 11 astronauts' trip to Australia highlighted in newly unearthed colour news reel

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/apollo-11-astronauts-australian-tour-footage-in-new-documenta...