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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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!
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The Leyton Buzzards: Saturday Night Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees.
The Leyton Buzzards were a minor punk/new wave band but they did some good stuff – and they headlined a Rock Against Racism gig at the LSE.
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Two days in London and my physical & mental health improve immensely
A trip to London to meet up with friends, many of whom I had not seen since the late 1970s, ended up being a tonic for mind and soul.
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Vintage France – Avoriaz ski resort and the French Alps in 1978
Tourism Geography for the wealthy. This was a very pleasant location and the whole resort was well designed and laid out, with impressive multi-storey timber buildings everywhere.
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Vintage Switzerland – Geneva: city and modern housing developments in 1978
Geneva and a giant Swiss housing development in the style of Le Corbusier. And a picture of me at the top of Europe!
Colin Anderson 