What was it like to be a student in the 1970’s?
Luckily I kept a diary – although how I found the time amongst all the gigs, bars and occasional lectures baffles me!
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Four long days of temp work and evenings of study. And then I bought a ticket to Swansea…
Week ending 21st. March was very tiring, and my first experience of work through a temp agency. Long days of learning a new job and long evenings of study. But joy was on the horizon – a residential geography field trip to Swansea!
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Easter break – and that meant finding work! Got a temp job at Harrap Publishers
50 Years Ago – Unlike some of my fellow students my parents were unable to subsidise the student grant, so it was essential to find work outside of term time. Today I managed to get work at Harrap Publishers in Upper Holborn.
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Mike Absalom, The Listener & Infra-red Mapping
An obscure and bizarre celtic poet and musician, The Listener magazine and other journals, and lectures on energy flows in ecosystems and infra-red and satellite mapping. A day in the life of a student in 1976.
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Trouble @ Home… the start of events that would have a dramatic impact on my life
Homeless in London part 1: 10th. March 1976. My diary records events that would be the beginning of one of the most difficult periods in my life. This was perhaps the lull before the storm.
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Gordon Giltrap free gig; GeogAss festivities… & lectures!
Friday, 20th. February 1976… a good day with a free lunchtime gig – Gordon Giltrap – and a GeogAss party in the evening. Some thought-provoking lectures too – that still have relevance today!
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Bandy Legs, Medicine Head & Loschian Models – a perfect day for a student
Pretty much a perfect day – for me as a student in London in 1976. Morning and afternoon lectures, lunchtime and evening gigs, plenty of beer – all for £2.91!
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Planning for a Country House on Skye!
Found a location for a substantial country house plot on the Isle of Skye. Sadly, I would not be moving in…
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Student Cash Card & Network Analysis
4th. Feb. 1976: Network Analysis in geography & a visit to the CBS Studios in Soho.
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King’s Hustings, Spatial Analysis, Fish & Chips
2nd. Feb. 1976: 19p for lunch and 28p for fish & chips! A day of lectures and hustings at King’s College.
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Spy photos, air pollution & Tomorrow’s World
29th. Jan. 1976: geography lectures and measuring air pollution around The Aldwych and Kingsway.
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The first commercial flight of a BA Concorde
21st. Jan. 1976: statistics, technical drawing, my dreams of flying – and the first flight of Concorde!
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Morning exam; evening gig – Kursaal Flyers & Eddie and the Hot Rods for 85p!
Fifty years ago: after a harrowing exam it was good to make it to the Marquee in London’s Soho for a gig – two bands for 85p!
