Hard to imagine it's now 55 years since Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 mates were heading back to Earth after that famous first landing on the Moon. I remember creeping downstairs as an eight year old to watch them on television, and have had an interest in Space ever since ..
This particular astronaut is my cousin Neil, photographed in about 1977. The shot features in my new Café Royal Books edition, a publication that's bringing back lots of memories for the people who have been buying it ..
Speaking personally, the memory that accompanies this particular photograph is a sad one. Neil was a bit of a troubled lad who, despite his cute little face and his poor parents' keenest efforts, got himself into quite a bit of a mess. He ended up into drugs, going to jail and then, sadly, committing suicide. There's a Neil-shaped space where he could have made so much of himself. Poor lad ..
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