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I arranged Sir Patrick to come to Edinburgh, Scotland to give a short lecture to the Fellowship of Junior Astronomers based at The City observatory on Calton Hill Edinburgh. This happened in 1970. Sir Patrick was collected at the station and proceeded to give an extremely informative short lecture, or in his case packed with information, on his favourite subject the Moon. He was so friendly and spent time with the young astronomers answering all of their questions. I will always remember his visit.
I also wrote to him around this time and he kindly sent back a postcard with his greeting from his other love Selsy, his home town in the south on England
He inspired and nurtured my interest in the heavens, and all things connected, and now being 58 years old still go outside on a clear night, or should i say not so clear night here in Scotland, to watch the heavens and perhaps the passing of the International Space Station souring across the sky.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends at this sad time but know that Patrick will be watching from on high