The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Bristol University
Heroes And The Joy Of Reading
A recent post on the benefits of reading to children to stimulate in them a lifelong love of the art triggered a memory. I wasn’t an early reader, but under the encouragement of the Archaeologist (mostly so he could be … Continue reading
Dining With Judges
An item on the radio today about imagined dinner party guests prompted a memory of the one time my selection mattered. Oh well… I made a momentous decision in 1976 – apart from asking the Textiliste for a date, that … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, law, university
Tagged Bristol University, interviews, law, the milk round
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The University Years- Going Through The Cycles #bristoluniversity #1975
In 1975 I went to University to study law. One issue was commuting and I took to my bicycle with a will. Sadly not everything ran smoothly… I’ve already decapitated a commuter, reducing the chances of our reaching a replacement … Continue reading
The University Years- Going Through The Cycles #bristoluniversity #1975
In 1975 I left home for Bristol University to study law. When there I lived in Hall about two miles from where I studied. My only ways of commuting were the bus (too expensive) walking (too slow and no I … Continue reading
The University Years: How To Spend Time And Money On The Important Things In Life. #1975 #universitylife #bristol
My initial focus, naturally was on my new course (just stay with me, okay) and the joys of learning about the English and Welsh legal system. That was a bit of an eye opener, too. Having been brought up to … Continue reading
The University Years: Finding And Losing #universitylife #1975 #bristol
In 1975 I started my law degree at Bristol University. I was, frankly, feeling like a duck out of water until I encountered David, a fellow law student on my first evening in my hall of residence. Between us we … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, memories, miscellany, university
Tagged 1975, Bristol University, FAFFY squash, freshers, law degree, university
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The University Years: Bristol University: A Doorway To Hope #memoir
In October 1975 I started my law degree at Bristol University. This was the most important phase of my life to date and as such the memories of those early days remain as vivid today as they were then. This … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, Memoir, miscellany, university
Tagged beginnings, Bristol University, hope, Memoir
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Tipping Points: Baden-Powell, His Part In My History
Hindsight: you’ve got to love it, haven’t you? You look back on an event, and see the blindingly obvious. It was a watershed moment even if at the time it was the epitome of humdrum. If I listed the biggies: … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, family, gardens, law, miscellany
Tagged Bristol University, family, gardening, hindsight, law, memories
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L is for Lymington
Lymington is a small port on the Hampshire coast close to the Isle of Wight. It was also the town nearest where I lived in the 1970s as I confronted my teenaged years. So the two As loomed large: Angst … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, Hordle, Lymington, miscellany
Tagged A to Z blogging challenge, bored youth, Bristol University, Hordle, lymington
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