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St Andrew's Church
Saturday, 20 July 2019 in 58m (6–3–24)
1969 Doubles (2m/1v)
(Date Touch, being: 649 GRANDSIRE - 5 exts & 49, 600 APRIL DAY - 5 exts, 720 PLAIN BOB - 6 exts.)
1 Robert H Harvey
2–3 Christopher C P Woodcock (C)
4 Yvonne A Woodcock
5 Paul Sharp
6 Bob Hardwick
Specially arranged and rung by the local band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and man first setting foot upon the surface of the moon!
Remembering especially Neil Armstrong. The following quarter was rung in memory of him back in 2012 following his death https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1079548 rung on the back six at Ingoldmells, Lincs, of which bells 3 to 7 were all cast in 1969, the year in which Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The third bell has the following inscription cast on it “This bell was cast in the year during which man first set foot upon the surface of the moon”.
We also rang the following quarter on Christmas Eve 2018 marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, the first manned space mission to orbit the moon https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1263994
“One small step for man, One giant lead for mankind”
(No. 439) (Rung also for the Lincoln Diocesan Guild)
This performance is linked to the event 50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing
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L-R: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
A photograph of Neil Armstrong taken by Buzz Aldrin. This is one of the few photographs of Armstrong on the lunar surface; most of the time he had the camera. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
Aldrin salutes the deployed United States flag on the lunar surface. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)