'Stan introduced Leon, saying "Leon & I did sums together at Cambridge". I don't know whether this was true.'
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They indeed both read Maths at Downing College, which is where they first met. I remember Stan [then Stan Bootle] singing at the cabaret at Downing May Ball 1953 (I was at Christ's myself, but had friends at Downing so went to their ball.)

Was always btw mystified as to why Stan used a different name for singing. He told me he wanted to keep his folk persona separate from his computing one, in which of course he used his real name professionally: but Bootle such a marvellous name for a Scouse singer [for Yoosers or others who might not know, Bootle is a district of Liverpool]...

~Michael~