I do love how CCers have ignored the underlying snobbery of the OP and made this thread into something quite interesting .
My car got broken into once and they didn't nick my CDs, I was quite insulted as it was some first rate country and rock and roll stuff.
Yes, I was pretty miffed that such a great university is no more.Sadly no more. I have friends who were/are there and bemoan the changes since the merger.
Dick Hoyland returned in my second year I think. I got made redundant twice in 1998, the first time by my sponsor, St Regis. That killed my career and haven't ever had a good job again. My wage just keeps going down.Yep - Mondi. I changed my mind and studied environmental science at Lancaster instead.
Was Dick Hoyland working at UMIST when you studied there? He was a neighbour of mine.
As it turns out, I made the right choice: this is what's left of the mill.
I could've gone to QEGS Senior School in Wakefield on a bursary scholarship... life may have turned out differently had I gone but I chose not to... just counted back, that was over 45 years ago.
I don't think we should jump to assumptions, Archie may have been a girl back then.
Middle class ponceOur car was stolen while we were in a resaurant in Maida Vale. It was found five days later outside some lock up garages on an estate in Tottenham. When we arrived to recover it, it was totally trashed and plundered. The entire contents of the boot and the glove compartments wad been removed.....but they turned down the pair of green Hunter wellies.
I'm sorry to hear that. Further coincidences: I went for a job with St Regis around that time, but after going for the interview they decided to cancel their graduate programme. I ended up working for DS Smith, who had the same parent company as St Regis, and I ended up doing a short stint at Sudbrook mill around 15 years ago. That's closed down too!Dick Hoyland returned in my second year I think. I got made redundant twice in 1998, the first time by my sponsor, St Regis. That killed my career and haven't ever had a good job again. My wage just keeps going down.
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Archeress x