Yes, I got to York in 1982. It was somewhat different than it was in Peter's day and much hope was attached to Shirley Williams.
However, modernization hadn't occurred. The buildings were pure early sixties, some of the posters hadn't been removed, the internal decoration was psychedelic, the Yardbirds and Steppenwolf were on the jukebox, Laurie Taylor was there and a bit godlike and Alex Callinicos was in the Politics Department.
There was definitely a strange hint of revolution still lingering in the air. I sensed it as much as I had felt WW2 in the clouds around 1965, however many flowers there were in the garden.
Coming back to Real World South in 1985 was a big shock. Even the front gardens looked like Margaret Thatcher and you could only tune in to Radio Blandsville. Half of it had been lost already but it has always left me with a bizarre kind of wonder.
However, modernization hadn't occurred. The buildings were pure early sixties, some of the posters hadn't been removed, the internal decoration was psychedelic, the Yardbirds and Steppenwolf were on the jukebox, Laurie Taylor was there and a bit godlike and Alex Callinicos was in the Politics Department.
There was definitely a strange hint of revolution still lingering in the air. I sensed it as much as I had felt WW2 in the clouds around 1965, however many flowers there were in the garden.
Coming back to Real World South in 1985 was a big shock. Even the front gardens looked like Margaret Thatcher and you could only tune in to Radio Blandsville. Half of it had been lost already but it has always left me with a bizarre kind of wonder.
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