"I have come across many people who have bought their binoculars from railway lost-property offices, though naturally one has to be doubly careful" - Exploring

"I have come across many people who have bought their binoculars from railway lost-property offices, though naturally one has to be doubly careful" - Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars, Patrick Moore There is for me something whimsical about Moore's writing. I find that quality attractive in his work, which is very much of his time and background. As the BBC article linked to mentions, Moore's writing spans the time when people thought there might actually be changes in the Moon's surface to recent times with the discoveries of Hubble.