Annual Dinner
October 2019.
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the
first Moon landing.
That is the subject chosen for today’s
readings.
Lateral thinking was in
evidence.
Elspeth’s Moon character was a domestic help
from the other side of the world. She helped a crippled father and his two
extraordinary sons. Daphne Moon with the foreign accent, was invaluable to
Martin, Niles and Frasier Crane.
Joyce remembered being on holiday at the time
of the moon landings and gave us some unexpected statistics about the project
including biographies of the three occupants of Apollo 11.
Kate was in nurses accommodation at the time.
The TV like the rest of the furniture was spartan. She was totally under
impressed by the two lads in boiler suits making strange jumps. The prospect of
a night out was more appealing.
As Sandra’s explorer arrived, she was alarmed
by the strange shaped glowing apparition. Her fear evaporated when, on closer
inspection, it turned out to an imaginatively lit Halloween pumpkin.
Morag had shaken hands with a lady who had
handled moon rock. She was a NASA scientist who’d been responsible for
analysing samples particular for its hydrogen content. Now a senior citizen,
she was still excited and proud of her work.
Joan Fl’s sad poem was of the fits of passion
often attributed to the influence of the moon.
Pete asked why would anyone attempt a moon
landing. Was the purpose financial, military or political.
Or, like the Pyramids, Stonehenge and Everest,
was it a conquest of heart over head.
Lorna was looking forward to the time when
folks no training, but with a taste for adventure, could put on a helmet and
have a weekend excursion to the moon.
John S’s first small step onto the moon was rudely interrupted by a wee green man with with his nippy dog ‘Major’. His obstructionism caused Houston to have a
problem.
John H provided many examples of how the Moon
had inspired writers of songs and producers of films. Many different colours
have been used to describe the moon in songs and literature.
Joan Fr imagined an elderly couple about the
embark on their second marriages. One is embarrassed to admit that her family
name is ‘Landing’ Her parents gave her the forename of ’Moon’.
Open Manuscripts.
Wilma gave us some featured poems from National
Poetry Day. They included ones written in Welsh, Cornish and Scots.
Kate’s poem described the modern ‘soft’
children who fettered by safety concerns, are not able to play some the
outlandish games played by their parents and grandparents.
John S’s Scottish reindeer ‘Chancer’ was
pleading to to become one of Santa’s helpers. He believed that his local
knowledge would help. His Barrowland lingo and attitude, spread doubt and
confusion.
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