Seeing as how I did the daft thing and lived miles from the college (literally - W4 to SE1 each morning) most of my social life revolved around the pubs in the home area. Every other weekend I used to go back home to the midlands, having a fiance who was working shifts down t'pit and who couldn't always get down south. Our college (London College of Printing), being more of a tech and a non-campus affair, wasn't great on social activities anyway. The majority of its students were day-release or block-course from the industry. Still, my nights out down Richmond on Thames and the Tudor Rose(?) at the bottom of Star and Garter Hill were great. It was a crusade for real ale even in those days! The gang my bloke hung around with were the lads in the local darts team up home. But hey, I have been the only female on a darts club weekend trip to Blackpool!

Should have partied more. I only got a third!

Andrea