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Apr.12. Presidential toast at 'Lunar 7' bar, Buchanan St. This pub had a space theme and we thought it might become a major social venue for ASTRA, but the music was much too loud - years before that became the general curse it is now.

May 17. Interstellar Project discussions resumed at Granville Bar, off Sauchiehall St.

June 18. Oscar produces special 'Climatics' issue of Spacereport, relating to his talk in the Interstellar Project.

July 20-21. Everyone at Oscar and Margaret's house to watch the Moon landing in colour. There's a partial description of this in "New Worlds for Old", but Paul Barnett, the Editor, removed my description of the toasts and celebration which followed.

Sept.17. Visit to Philips, Hamilton, to see robot machinery designed by Oscar.

Nov.19. Visit to the new University Observatory, Maryhill Road.

The old Observatory had been demolished to make way for the new Queen Margaret Union, Green's Playhouse was no more, and our GUU affiliation had lapsed. Meetings were now being held at the Granville Bar, taking our cue from the Glasgow SF Circle, but attendance was falling and by the end of the year was down to just Oscar and me. Was this the end? Oscar had the option of leasing meeting rooms from Hamilton District Council, and since there was no-one else to ask, we went ahead.

The layout was lecture room, workshop, kitchenette and outside toilet, on the first floor, 189 Almada Street, Hamilton, at Peacock Cross. The lecture room was to be decorated with a beautiful mural by Ed Buckley of the star clouds in Scorpius, and a series of work meetings ensued. Meanwhile Interstellar Project meetings continued at the Granville.

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