On Friday 22nd November 1963, round about tea time GMT, President John F. Kennedy of the United States was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. The 50th anniversary of this event is therefore on Friday.
Many who were around at the time (and that effectively now means at least the over 55s) have a strong tendency to remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard this news. This has become known as the "JFK moment".
I was swimming in a Life Boys gala at the old Inverness swimming pool in Friars Street when my mother, who was among the spectators, gave me the news.
Anyone else remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard about JFK?
And apologies for the typo in the subtitle, which I can't change and which of course should read "generation"