I started  my lifelong astronomy interest back in the mid 1950s.Home then was rural & above 800 ft 'oop in't east  Pennine hills with dark sky views over the moors.My first two comets were n/e in 1957 with C/1956 R1 Arend Roland  and C/1957 P1 Mrkos.Comets, meteors, aurora and NLC are prime interests (plus the history of astronomy).Joined the BAA in 1975 till 85 then (as with many of us other life  pressures etc took over) I let my membership lapse. I kept in touch with my astro mates over the next decade and re-joined the BAA in 1996 and I'm still here in 2017.

Local society membership: Huddersfield Astronomical & Philosophical Society (HAPS)