George Clarke's touching tribute to his dad after horror death
ok.co.ukGeorge Clarke impressed TV viewers by building an impressive tribute to his late father. During a special episode of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, 50 year old George and his sidekick Will Hardie aimed high, creating a hand-built observatory in honour of George's star-loving dad.
Drawing inspiration from an 1830s camera obscura, a 1950s observatory, a futuristic planetarium, and even a box of fruit, they reached for the stars with a remarkable design that merged a Victorian astronomer's library with a spaceship body.
But creating a rotating observatory roof, a chart table that rises from the floor and a collapsible telescope, pushed their skills almost to breaking point.
In the end, though, the result was truly out of this world. On the show, George explained: "A 1950s child, my dad was brought up in a golden age of astronomy," adding that his dad had "always wanted his own backyard observatory".
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