Where were we when man landed on the moon?

Last week saw the 40th anniversary of man's first footsteps on the moon. The library celebrated this momentous event with a small display and an invitation to our patrons to tell us what they were doing on that day. Here are some of the responses that were posted on our wall:

With both my parents in the lounge of the family home in Liverpool eating a chocolate paddle pop. I was actually "scared" something would go wrong - and the world was over.

In a school room in Dapto, Wollongong watching with lots of
other students.

I was in year 6 and we got sent home to watch the landing on TV.

Raising babies - listening on radio.

Watched it on TV with babies. Took a photo slide of it which I still have.

Was at college football training when announced over PA -"if you want to see the moon landing go to the TV room now!"

At work, no TV - but someone brought a radio. We all kept congregating in the office when exciting bits happened. Watched it later that night.

Crowded into a small school hall with the entire school watching the event on a tiny TV for hours waiting for something to happen . Better than the classroom though!

Changing a nappy...

I was in working in Amco Jeans Plant at Yennora NSW and heard about it on the radio.

I was in the Transport Dept. in darwin listening to the radio with 30 other people. (No TV in darwin till 1970)

I was sitting in my lounge room in front of an Astor TV with my family when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.