Prestwick

American

[prest-wik] / ˈprɛst wɪk /

noun

international airport in W Scotland.

Prestwick British

/ ˈprɛstwɪk /

noun

a town in SW Scotland, in South Ayrshire on the Firth of Clyde; international airport, golf course: tourism. Pop: 14 934 (2001)

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On 2 March 1960 the music legend was on his way back to America from military service in Germany when his flight stopped over to re-fuel at Prestwick International Airport.

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However, for the dedicated fans who rushed to Prestwick Airport - at that time being used as an American military base - on that March evening, simply seeing the man in person was enough to leave them all shook up.

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"I was an office girl with a firm of solicitors and my mother phoned me," says Anne, who lived in Prestwick.

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Upon arriving the singer asked where he was, prompting cries and screams of "Prestwick" in response.

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Anne still lives in Prestwick, and the memory of being inches away from one of music's most famous performers always brings a smile to her face.

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