JohnW
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Yes, I was there on TO 29. I was in the Radio section, whereas I guess (from what you've writ) you were in the TV section. ISTR that there were over 100 of us joining on that 9th September 1968, with the course having 3 sections - Radio, TV and Regions. I'm in regular touch with one lecturer - Tony Giles (again for Radio) - although I remember both John King and Rod Hart as Asst Lecturers from that time. They will have had more to do with TV resources than we did: I never even went into the big TV studio A up there in those days! Only much later in my career in the Beeb did we get to the various TV training rooms, and even into the transmitter training rooms in 1990 when I spent a year up there, retraining to Engineering. There weren't many more years after that before they really started to pull the place apart, and now all the dormitory areas are I believe 'derelict': the on-campus club (complete with 2 squash courts) is also a wreck, with the main building now a pricey hotel. There is still a small BBC presence on the site - the "bunker" is still functional (it was fully kitted out to take over everything had the 2000 bug been real) as a Radio area, with Bredon classrooms atop it, although I'm not sure if they're still used for anything.
I did/do have a list of many names of those who were there at the time, some of whom have sadly passed away, whilst now I guess almost all will have retired (like me!). Not sure how many of them will be aware of this forum though - it seems to be one of those "big secrets".
As many will atest, C & D blocks were full of youthful intent in those days: how times have changed since then. Anyway Amigo, if there's more, then maybe we can reminisce off-forum?
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