Folks, See http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1093000/1093206.stm for the BBC blurb on his occasion of being knighted. Tom Semadeni 45 46 05 N 80 06 02 W
The Shaws wrote: > John, > > Coincidentally, I was at a charity lecture by Patrick Moore in > Liverpool > (England) last Monday evening. > He was selling books for the charity, and said that he regretted being > > unable to sign then - he clearly has arthritis or something similar > which > makes it difficult for him. It was noticeable that he had quite a > problem > putting his watch back on at the end of his talk. He now walks with > two > sticks, a fairly recent addition. > > Last year, Tony Moss and I were fortunate enough to have dinner with > the > great man - we discussed, amongst other things,sundials located on the > moon. > I have his business card on which he wrote his signature for me - it's > a bit > shaky. > If it is his signature that you want to see, I could scan it and > forward to > you - let me know. > > Mike Shaw > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmikeshaw/ > > N 53º 21' 24" > W 03º 01' 47" > Wirral, UK. > >
