Sandi Toksvig

So that was Cape Kennedy, as was in Florida.

And then we flew to Houston in Texas, which is where Mission Control was.

And again, Dad was very busy and people didn't have the security they have now.

I just say ABC, very hard to get into.

In those days, Mission Control, Houston...

I had some trouble getting to meet you, Richard.

It was tricky.

We arrived there and my brother and I just wandered around.

My dad, I think I'd persuaded him, had bought me a huge Texas cowboy hat, massive 10-gallon hat.

That was a tiny little thing.

So I'm walking around with this big hat on.

And then there's the moment Neil Armstrong's about to step out onto the moon and slightly flub his lines.

And I'm standing there and there's a woman standing next to me and I must have looked very curious, this massive hat on.

I said to her, are you all right?

She said, I'm a little nervous.

I said, oh, why?

She said, my boss is about to step out onto the moon, and it was Neil Armstrong's secretary.

So I said, as you would as an 11-year-old, I said, oh, don't worry, I'll hold your hand.

So when he stepped out onto the moon, I was holding Neil Armstrong's secretary's hand.

I don't know whether she remembered it as well as I did, but it was an extraordinary thing.