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SENNET UNDER DEPOSIT SHARKS HOW MANY students have been taken for a 'ride' when renting a room or sharing in a large flat already occupied by seemingly reasonable people? Advertising, o r the card outside a stationers, offering a room a t a very r e a s o n a b l e rent, b r i n g s many s t u d e n t s i n d i r e necessity of finding accomm o d a t i o n . T h e r e q u e s t for o n e m o n t h ' s rent i n a d v a n c e a n d a d e p o s i t o f n o t l e s s than o n e m o n t h ' s rent i s u s u a l l y r e q u i r e d and i s a c c e p t e d i n v i e w o f the room a n d f a c i l i t i e s a n d seems more than f a i r. After a few weeks n i g g l i n g i n c i d e n t s o c c u r a n d i n many c a s e s major h a r r a s s m e n t w h i c h e i t h e r d r i v e s the student o u t o r a d i r e c t n o t i c e to q u i t i s i s s u e d . T h e n c o m e s t h e c r u n c h , try to get t h e d e p o s i t b a c k . T h e s e s h a r k s k n o w t h a t very f e w students c a n take expensive l e g a l a c t i o n a n d after a l o n g correspondence the matter i s dropped a n d t h e p e o p l e l e t t i n g c a n s t a r t a l l o v e r a g a i n , i f they have not already done s o . Two c a s e s are quoted below w h i c h h a p p e n e d r e c e n t l y to me and i f i t i n some s m a l l m e a s u r e e n s u r e s that others w i l l n o t f a l l into the s h a r k s ' trap, then some good w i l l come o f i t . A d v e r t i s e d o n a b o a r d near Gloucester Road Tube station a f l a t for £10,00 a w e e k . H a v i n g p h o n e d I w a s offered the p l a c e there a n d then, s h a r i n g w i t h a n unmarried couple. A returnable d e p o s i t o f £20.00 w a s a s k e d for a n d p a i d , together w i t h o n e one m o n t h ' s rent i n a d v a n c e . L e s s than a month l a t e r I w a s kept awake a l l n i g h t by a drunken r o w g o i n g o n i n the l o u n g e ( n e x t to my room) a n d although this w a s extremely u n p l e a s a n t I d e c i d e d to o v e r l o o k it t h i s o n c e . H o w e v e r , a few weeks later there w a s an almighty violent altercation —
b e a t i n g u p , g l a s s e s a n d furniture b e i n g s m a s h e d ; i f murder h a d taken p l a c e i t w o u l d not have been s u r p r i s i n g . Next day I moved out a n d resided with a friend. Numerous letters were sent r e q u e s t i n g t h e return o f the £20.00 d e p o s i t , t h i s they then referred to a s 'key money' a n d t h i s I a m g i v e n to u n d e r s t a n d i s i l l e g a l . In a n y c a s e they h e l d o n e w e e k ' s money f o r w h i c h I received nothing. I asked a 'Local Advice Centre' to write on my b e h a l f and h e agreed that t h e i r a c t i o n c o n s t i t u t e d harra s s m e n t . N o t o n e a n s w e r to a n y l e t t e r w h e t h e r r e g i s t e r e d or n o t and e v e n a threat o f a summons f a i l e d to e l i c i t a r e p l y . Goodbye £20.00. In D e c e m b e r I r e p l i e d to a n advertisement i n the ' T i m e s ' a b e d s i t t e r i n SW7. O n c e more it w a s o f f e r e d o n the s p o t . A £36.00 d e p o s i t a n d £36.00 m o n t h ' s rent i n a d v a n c e w a s requested a n d p a i d . T w o days Cont'd on back
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PRESSURE ' S E N N E T IS substantially diverting advertising revenue from most of the London Student Newspapers by claiming the ludicrously high figure of 100,000 as its readership'. T h a t w a s the m e s s a g e that came o v e r l o u d a n d c l e a r from the t h i r d m e e t i n g o f the L o n d o n Student N e w s p a p e r Executives held at Imperial C o l l e g e l a s t Saturday. N e a r l y a l l the r e presentatives at the m e e t i n g t o l d o f h o w the v a s t m a j o r i t y o f the S e n n e t s a r r i v i n g a t t h e i r U n i o n s are never read. Some q u o t e d i n s t a n c e s where Sennet h a d been a s k e d to s e n d fewer c o p i e s b u t t h e r e q u e s t had b e e n i g n o r e d . T h e c o n sequent suggestion w a s that Sennet might b e t r y i n g to preserve its c i r c u l a t i o n c l a i m . R e p l y i n g to that p a r t i c u l a r criticism, Jeremy C l i f t , the Executive Editor of , Sennat s t a t e d that t h i s w a s p u r e l y a misunderstanding based on a l a c k o f l i a s o n . O n the» p o i n t o f the c i r c u l a t i o n f i g u r e , h e s t a t e d that 40,000 c o p i e s o f S e n n e t were printed e a c h week a n d that i t i s e s t i m a t e d that a n average of 2.5 people read each c o p y . T h e figure o f 2 . 5 i s u s e d to by national newspapers
F E L I X wishes to point out that it in no way intended to prejudice the second reading of the proposed constitutional change that the P G Affairs Officer should be a member of the Union Executive. We therefore wish to clarify the following points: Firstly a l l constitutional changes require to be passed by two U G M s . These two UGMs must be held more than 28 and less than 40 college days apart. Thus for the P G A O to join the E x e c , requires the motion to be passed at a second UGM. Secondly, whilst the gathering at the meeting did not constitute a quorum, the meeting was quorate until the quorum was challenged. The actual motion has been proposed by the P G A O himself on a mandate from the P G group in I C .
estimate their circulation. Further discussion on a d v e r t i s i n g b r o u g h t forth from Sennet's a s s i s t a n t advertising manager remarks such as 'you're being too honest' a n d 'you are approaching advertising and squarely'. This too fairly d i d n o t a p p e a r to go d o w n v e r y well with the rest of the m e e t i n g , s e v e r a l o f whom f a l l under a mandate from t h e i r union and a c t on their u n i o n ' s behalf. The meeting, which lasted about f i v e h o u r s a l s o c r i t i c i s e d the N U S P r e s s O f f i c e f o r t h e s e e m i n g l y a b y s m a l s e r v i c e that it g i v e s . F r a n c i s B e c k e t t , the N U S P r e s s O f f i c e r , e x p l a i n e d to the m e e t i n g the d i f f i c u l t i e s a n d problems associated with r u n n i n g the p r e s s o f f i c e . It a p p e a r s that o n e o f t h e b i g g e s t problems i s the i n f l e x i b i l i t y of the N U S a d m i n i s t r a t i o n w h e n i t comes to s e n d i n g o u t p r e s s at short notice. releases Mr. Beckett outlined some ideas w h i c h h e i n t e n d s to p r o p o s e to N U S w h i c h , i n h i s v i e w , w o u l d i m p r o v e the P r e s s Service. T h e f i n a l i t e m o n the a g e n d a was the idea o f an advertising agency w h i c h c o u l d be run by students o n behalf o f the London student newspapers. T h e i d e a h a s b e e n through a successful pilot scheme for handbooks a n d the natural e x t e n s i o n i s that i t c o u l d work for n e w s p a p e r s . I t w a s f e l t t h a t s u c h a n a g e n c y might p r o v e to be t h e s o l u t i o n t o t h e S e n n e t problem.
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e d i t o r i a l Michael Williams A T T H E time of g o i n g to p r e s s , a d e c i s i o n h a s not y e t b e e n r e a c h e d b y t h e E x e c u t i v e a s to w h i c h Sine they are g o i n g to p e r s u e at n e x t M o n d a y ' s C o u n c i l c o n c e r n i n g the future o f the F E L I X sabbatical. The matter h a s to rest ultimately' w i t h C o u n c i l s i n c e it is r e s p o n s i b l e for a n d h a s o v e r a l l c o n t r o l o f the U n i o n ' s f i n a n c e s . T h e n e e d for a fourth s a b b a t i c a l h a s yet to be j u s t i f i e d to C o u n c i l . T h e P r e s i d e n t h a s o u t l i n e d the n e e d for a fourth s a b b a t i c a l to me p e r s o n a l l y but I am u n a b l e to say that I was overwhelmingly c o n v i n c e d . I am a l s o very g r at e f ul to the E x e c u t i v e for a l l o w i n g me to s i t a n d d i s c u s s the m a t t e r w i t h t h e m . B u t the most d i s t u r b i n g a s p e c t of t h i s w h o l e a f f a i r a s far a s I c a n see i s that w h i l s t there h a s b e e n m u c h d i s c u s s i o n on the p o s s i b i l i t y of a
n o n - s a b b a t i c a l F E L I X E d i t o r , there has been very little discussion on the possibility of non-sabbatical Junior Treasurer. My o w n v i e w on the s u b j e c t r e m a i n s a d a m a n t : Without a s a b b a t i c a l E d i t o r , e v e n a fortnightly F E L I X w i l l be i m p o s s i b l e a n d v a c a t i o n i s s u e s for P C s w i l l be n o n - s t a r t e r s . So a s a means of c o m m u n i c a t i o n , F E L I X w i l l be of no u s e and there are many t e c h n i c a l p o i n t s w h i c h s uppo r t t h i s v i e w . want a weekly FELIX, a Do you communications facility? O r do y o u w a n t a d e a d C a t ? The choice is Council's.
A l s o , due to the l i m i t e d s p a c e a v a i l a b l e , i t w a s d e c i d e d to defer J o h n R a n d a l l ' s l e t t e r u n t i l n e x t w e e k . Is that OK, Vaughn Phillips?
T h e r e a s o n for F E L I X b e i n g o n l y s i x p a g e s l o n g t h i s w e e k i s d u e , i n part, to
The winner of the Prize Crossword last week is Andrew Walker of Physics 2.
the fact that C a t h e r i n e , our v e r y h a r d w o r k i n g v a r i t y p i s t , w a s a w a y s i c k on M o n d a y , w h i c h i s the most i m po r t ant varityping day. T h e varityper i t s e l f has not been b e h a v i n g a s w e l l a s i t s h o u l d t h i s w e e k e i t h e r . T h e d e c i s i o n to m a k e it a s i x - p a g e i s s u e w a s t a k e n on M o n d a y and we h a v e s t u c k to it rather than take the r i s k of r e - d e s i g n i n g the i s s u e a n d f i n d i n g o u r s e l v e s p u s h e d for time (rather more than u s u a l on T h u r s d a y .
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Dear Sir, Trev A s a b l a c k 'lefty', Phillips i s , no d o u b t q u i t e i m p a r t i a l about the N a t i o n a l F r o n t , b u t i n h i s l a t e s t outburst ( F E L I X N o . 374, 'PreciPice') he h a s s h o w n both a n a p p a r e n t i g n o r a n c e o f the a i m s a n d i d e a s of the N . F . a n d , a l s o , the b a s i c a l l y t o t a l i t a r i a n attto o p i n i o n s i t u d e o f a l l lefties' w h i c h they do not h a p p e n to share. The National Front has always believed that B r i t i s h ( i . e . 'white') p e o p l e s h o u l d be put f i r s t i n w h a t i s , after a l l , t h e i r o w n c o u n t r y , a n d that the appointment of foreign imm i g r a n t s , s u c h a s 'Lord' David P i t t , c h a i r m a n of the G . L . C . , to p o s i t i o n s o f p o w e r over B r i t i s h people i s fundamentally w r o n g , a n d , therefore, anyone v o t i n g for the N . F . h a s a l w a y s b e e n v o t i n g for a 1 0 0 % B r i t i s h 'establishment', so, in that s e n s e , the N . F . i s , a n d a l w a y s h a s b e e n , '100% racialist' — but the Africian and Indian n a t i o n a l i s t movements, which Trev Phillips presumably a d m i r e s , take e x a c t l y the same a t t i t u d e to f o r e i g n e r s i n t h e i r countries: we the National F r o n t are simply a British nationalist movement Despite the o p i n i o n s o f o u r P r e s i d e n t , there is nothing new or 'presumably' about any of t h i s , i t i s common k n o w l e d g e to a n y o n e who h a s b o t h e r e d to read any N.F. bumph, as o p p o s e d to r e a d i n g what p e o p l e s a y a b o u t the N . F . Mr. P h i l l i p s ' comments a b o u t brigade the 'Hitler was right'
b e i n g i n the a s c e n d a n c y i n the N . F . are utter rubbish, a n d s h o w , o n c e a g a i n , h o w l i t t l e he k n o w s a b o u t our p a r t y . H i t l e r w a s , i n the o p i n i o n of m o s t , i f not all, N.F. members, a thoroughly e v i l man, as was Stalin, the only difference b e t w e e n them b e i n g that N a z i t y r a n n y d i e d i n 1945, w h e r e a s Communist tyranny i s s t i l l very m u c h a r o u n d . F a r from the N . F . b e i n g N a z i , the w i f e o f our chairman, Mr.John Kingsley Read, lived in Nazi-occupied Europe and suffered cons i d e r a b l y at the h a n d s of the Germans; M r . R e a d himself was a w a r d e d a m e d a l for s e r v i c e s r e n d e r e d to the P o l i s h p e o p l e d u r i n g the l a s t w a r , a n d the N . F . today h a s many J e w i s h members (just a s w e h a v e many Methodists, C of E , Roman Catholics and agnosticmembers). We do n o t a d m i t b l a c k p e o p l e to our P a r t y b e c a u s e w e b e l i e v e that, i f a b l a c k p e r s o n r e a l l y b e l i e v e d i n o u r p o l i c i e s , he or s h e w o u l d s e e that the b e s t t h i n g they c o u l d d o to h e l p B r i t i a n i s to go b a c k w h e r e they came from r a t h e r than hanging around depriving B r i t i s h people of jobs, houses, etc. F i n a l l y , Mr. P h i l l i p s lets his real opinion of British democracy show by demanding that the N . F . be p r o s e c u t e d a s t h e i r p o l i c i e s a n d a c t i v i t i e s are 'unlawful' — presumably under the anti-democratic Race The National R e l a t i o n s 'Act'. F r o n t i s a p a r t y of d e m o c r a c y , a n d under a n N . F . government a n y o n e w i l l be p e r f e c t l y free to put f o r w a r d h i s p o i n t o f v i e w without let or hindrance, p r o v i d e d o n l y he d o e s not u s e v i o l e n c e (or a d v o c a t e the u s e o f v i o l e n c e - IS, I M G , C P E ( M L ) e t c . b e w a r e ! ) to g a i n h i s
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Dear Sir, A t the l a s t m e e t i n g of the Imperial College Carnival Committee a d e c i s i o n was taken n o t to h a v e a R a g M a g n e x t y e a r . T h e m a i n arguments p u t f o r w a r d against a R a g Mag were: (i)
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A H ! O F C O U R S E ! D a v i d R o s e . Who's D a v i d R o s e ? W e l l , he s e e m s to be a n ageing A m e r i c a n arranger who has a t a l e n t for t u r n i n g p o p u l a r s o n g s into the most u n b e a r a b l e k i n d of R a d i o 2 type s l u s h . What he h a s done to B o b D y l a n ' s 'Mr. Tambourine Man' on t h i s L P i s u n s p e a k a b l e , and he s h o w s h i s c o m p l e t e l a c k of u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the s o n g . A c c o r d i n g to the P o l y d o r b l u r b , in the late t h i r t i e s , w h e n R o s e w a s e m p l o y e d by the M u t u a l B r o a d c a s t i n g o r g a n i s a t i o n in the S t a t e s , h e w a s not a l l o w e d a f u l l o r c h e s t r a , but o n l y a s t r i n g s e c t i o n : it s h o w s . W h i l s t one i s v a g u e l y a w a r e that the r e s t of the o r c h e s t r a i s there, the s t r i n g s s c r e e c h t h e i r way to the s u r f a c e . F o r a p e r s o n s u c h a s m y s e l f , brought up on r o c k , a n d c l a s s i c a l m u s i c , it i s a n unpleasant noise. T h e most b e a r a b l e t r a c k s to l i s t e n to are the four w r i t t e n by R o s e h i m s e l f , a s
y o u c a n a v o i d h a v i n g to c r i n g e at w h a t i s done to r e c o g n i s a b l e m a t e r i a l . T h i s t y p e of m u s i c b e l o n g s to a p a s t Magic of David g e n e r a t i o n . 'The Special Rose' i s a r e c o r d to a v o i d .
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CONSIDERING THE BBC'S current financial problem, with associated programme c u t b a c k s , it i s not s u r p r i s i n g that they are t r y i n g to make maximum profit from their popular T V series. S o , D a d ' s A r m y went from T V to r a d i o , and two of the r a d i o t a p e s a r e now a v a i l a b l e on thfs L P . I doubt that someone w h o h a s not s e e n the T V v e r s i o n - w o u l d find t h i s record f u n n y , a s a lot o f - t h e buffooning of C a p t a i n Mainwaring's Home Guard p l a t o o n i s very v i s u a l . N e v e r t h e l e s s . t h e c h a r a c t e r s a r e s t r o n g enough to r i s e a s m i l e e v e n in r a d i o format; e s p e c i a l l y , of c o u r s e , that m a i n s t a y of D a d ' s A r m y , C o r p o r a l ('They don't* like it up 'em') Jones, a l i a s C l i v e Dunn. 'Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret', the
first s i d e , is built around a misunders t a n d i n g by M a i n w a r i n g of Sgt. W i l s o n ' s relationship with M r s . P i k e . He believes that M r s . P i k e i s to h a v e W i l s o n ' s baby you ( P r i v a t e P i k e , ' D o / have to call Uncle Arthur') w i t h pre'daddy' now, d i c t a b l e c o n s e q u e n c e s . A l t h o u g h the m a i n l a u g h s come e l s e w h e r e , when the p l a t o o n demonstrates its incompetence and i m p o t e n c e d u r i n g a t a l k on M a i n w a r i n g on c a m o u f l a g e ; to be a b l e to get a c a m o u f l a g e s c e n e a c r o s s on r a d i o i s a n a c h i e v e m e n t indeed. 'Something nasty in the vault', creates the l u d i c r o u s s i t u a t i o n of C a p t . M a i n w a r i n g a n d S g t . W i l s o n s i t t i n g in the bank v a u l t b e n e a t h a h o l e in the m a n a g e r ' s o f f i c e floor, h o l d i n g a n u n e x p l o d e d G e r m a n bomb on t h e i r l a p s , u n a b l e to m o v e . T h e e n s u r i n g drama i s a g a i n p r e d i c t a b l e , but t h e n , the humour i s not in the p l o t . If y o u f i n d D a d ' s A r m y b o r i n g , y o u w i i l find this LP pathetic; however, the record i s e v i d e n t l y for a d d i c t s , and if y o u have read t h i s far, y o u had better buy it before the w i t h d r a w a l s y m p t o m s s t a r t .
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Sundance.
A f t e r the u s u a l h a l f hour d e l a y in s t a r t i n g , the s u p p o r t band 'Sundance' began t h e i r s e t w i t h 'Meet You In My Dreams'. T h e y w e r e one of the b e t t e r s u p p o r t band s s t a r t i n g of w e l l and producing a fairly r e a s o n a b l e n o i s e w i t h odd p a t c h e s of good guitar. But Inevitably, they s o o n s l i d i n t o a d r e a r y repetitive sound Incorporating the most m o n o t o n o u s drumming t h a t d i d l e s s than j u s t i c e to a
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very good attempt at ^integrated' organ/guitar p l a y i n g . " T h e m a i n a t t r a c t i o n i of the e v e n i n g , 'Llndisfarne', came on a f t e r a n i n t e r m i s s i o n of a p p r o x imately fifteen minutes. They k i c k e d off w i t h a s o n g e n t i t l e d •Stephen Wolf from the 'Roll On Ruby' album followed by 'North Country Boy' from the s a m e a l b u m . T h e y then p e r formed two s o n g s 'You Put The Laff On Me', 'a comedy song', a n d 'In Your Head' both t a k e n from t h e i r new a l b u m 'Happy Daze'.
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tangible evidence of the e x i s t e n c e of R a g . T h e . a b o v e arguments are f a l s e because R a g i s a s o c i a l as w e l l as a f u n d - r a i s i n g e v e n t and a l s o i t i s p e r f e c t l y p o s s i b l e to s e l l a l l of them. R a g i s " s o c i a l i n the s e n s e that through i t a great number of p e o p l e get to k n o w e a c h other i n the first few w e e k s of term a n d i t p r o v i d e s h a r m l e s s fun for m o s t o f the ' f i r s t 2 t e r m s . T h e m a i n r e a s o n for l a r g e numbers of R a g Mag being unsol d is u n w i l l i n g n e s s b y the p e o p l e at the top to take on the e x t r a
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Things really warmed up a f t e r they had performed a n up tempoed version bi 'Lady Eleanor*. T h i s w a s f o l l o w e d by 'Winter Song' ( s u n g b e a u t i f u l l y by A l a n H u l l ) , a c o u p l e of other o l d i e s a n d t h e i r new single entitled 'Tonight'. . Lindsay Jackson then launched Into i m p e r s o n a t i o n s of a L o n d o n bus w i t h a c r a n k y gear box a n d a Post Office motorcycle which brought t h e h o u s e d o w n w i t h laughter. From this point o n w a r d s t h e c o n c e r t s t a y e d In top g e a r (most of the a u d i e n c e
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w e r e on t h e i r feet c l a p p i n g , s i n g i n g and d a n c i n g ) . T h e y ended w i t h a m e d l e y c a l l e d 'We Can Swing Together'. A f t e r much a d o , they returned for a n e n c o r e l a s t i n g the one s o n g w h i c h w a s 'Clear White Light'. We t a l k e d to L i n d s a y J a c k s o n after the c o n c e r t , w h o s a i d 'We had a really good time and I hope the audience did too'. H e a l s o w e n t on to s a y that he thought the I C crowd were r e a l l y great a n d hoped to be back soon.*
SOCIALIST SOC MEETING Military Involvement in B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t i e s and Colleges. Speaker:— Z o e F a i r b a i r n s . ( C a m p a i g n for Nuclear Disarmament). T u e s d a y , J a n . 2 8 t h , 1:00. Senior C o m m o n R o o m , Union. Advertisement UNION B L U E BOOK G e t y o u r s from the F E L I X Office.
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A f t e r a minor set b a c k l a s t w e e k e n d I . C . t r a v e l l e d out to G o l d s m i t h s C o l l e g e l a s t Wednesday e a g e r to r e g a i n t h e i r w i n n i n g form. Our f i r s t m i s t a k e w a s not t a k i n g an u m p i r e . T h e G o l d s m i t h umpire turned out to h a v e a v e r y i n d i v i d u a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the r u l e s of h o c k e y . S t r a i g h t from the b u l l y , I . C . l a u n c h e d i n t o the attack. P l a y remained i n t h * G o l d s m i t h s * h a l f of the f i e l d a l most throughout the f i r s t p e r i o d . T h e o n l y r e a l p o i n t of i n t e r e s t w a s w h e t h e r the umpire c o u l d d i s a l l o w a l l the g o a l s I . C . c o u l d s c o r e . T h e s e c o n d h a l f proved
to be a repeat of the f i r s t It i s romoured that R o g e r H u t s o n a l m o s t h a d to t o u c h the b a l l at one stage but t h i s r e m a i n s to be c o n f i r m e d . T h e f i n a l s c o r e w a s a 7—0 v i c t o r y w i t h s i x g o a l s disallowed. The goalscorers were T r e v o r T u t u (4), D a v e L o r d , Ian M c L e a n , J e h B a s h a r . Team— R o g e r H u t s o n ; J i m Marshal, Graham P o p p l e , C h r i s Hodge, K e i t h Arrowsmith, T i m Hanson (capt); Dave L o r d , John A n d r e w s , Trevor T u t u , Ian McLean, Jeh Basher. P . S . Watch out, T i m . T h e r e s a the i f a b o u t !
CROSS COUNTRY F o l l o w i n g the great s u c c e s s i n the U . L . c h a m p s at the e n d of l a s t s e a s o n (for none r e a d e r s of Sennet I . C . 1 st T e a m came s e c o n d , m e d a l s a l l round!) the c l u b p u l l e d i t s c o l l e c t i v e finger e v e n further out i n the L e a g u e m a t c h l a s t Wednesday at S h o o t e r s H i l l . R o b A l l i m o n a g a i n f i r s t home for the f i r s t team i n 8th p l a c e f o l l o w e d by T o n y Weir, S t e v e Webb, A l f G a r n e t t a n d D a v e Webster i n 17th, 1 8 t h , 19th a n d 20th p l a c e s (they c o u l d n ' t bear to be s e p a r a t e d ) to c o m p l e t e the s c o r i n g team g i v i n g the f i r s t team f i r s t p o s i t i o n i n that m a t c h a n d t h i r d i n the L e a g u e o v e r a l l ! B u t b e t t e r a n d better, not o n l y d i d the s u p e r s e c o n d team w i n the s e c o n d d i v i s i o n g i v i n g them the top of the t a b l e p o s i t i o n ,
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but the m a g n i f i c e n t t h i r d team came s e c o n d i n the s e c o n d d i v i s i o n g i v i n g them the runners up s p o t i n l e a g u e d i v . two. These Heroes include such stars a s , Dave J o n e s , P a u l (Granny) C l a r k e , D a v e (the tractor) Houlbrooke, N i e l B o a g , Wilf' Welford, Pete (P.O.) J o h n s o n , Andy Davy, and Modesty Dave himself! H i d i n g near the rear w a s P o d t r y i n g t o h i d e h i s n e w l y won v e s t e m b l a z o n e d w i t h 'W R O F T H E W E E K ' from the e y e s of p o l i c e m e n a n d l i t t l e o l d l a d i e s w h o m i g ht get the w r o n g i d e a . Who n e x t w e e k we w o n d e r ? P . S . Ian the c a p t a i n w a s a s p a c e r and Ian and someone e l s e r e t u r n e d after dark a n d e v e r y one e l s e h a d gone home.
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l a t e r the p l a c e f l o o d e d w i t h (4) •water w h e n i t r a i n e d a n d a w e e k l a t e r I w a s g i v e n n o t i c e to q u i t . T h i s occurred at midnight (after h a v i n g w o r k e d a l l day) a n d t h i s c o u l d b e c o n s t r u e d a s (5) h a r r a s s m e n t . S t u p i d behaviour, and s n i d e comments c o n t i n u e d (he h a r r a s s m e n t a n d e v e n t u a l l y I moved out and obtained a post d a t e d c h e q u e for my d e p o s i t . T h i s of c o u r s e , d i d not comp e n s a t e for the d i s r u p t i o n a n d inconvenience just before Christmas. To students looking for a c c o m m o d a t i o n , I w o u l d offer this f o l l o w i n g a d v i c e : — II) (2)
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Get a signed receipt for your retainable deposit Be wary of a flat offered to on the spot (reply to newspaper/notices). Avoid being 'sub-let to' (except with students preferably at your College). It is better to have your own
lease with the Landlord direct. If possible get into a student Hall of Residence, YMCA/YWCA or similar then stay institution—and there as long as possible. C o n s u l t the University of London Accommodation Bureau.
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L a s t Saturday i n the m o s t a t r o c i o u s c o n d i t i o n s I c a n remember at H a r l i n g t o n the f i r s t two teams s c o r e d t w o r e s o u n d i n g v i c t o r i e s i n the quater f i n a l s of the U L U c u p . O u r f i r s t team put i n a t y p i c a l f i g h t i n g performance a g a i n s t G o l d s m i t h s f i r s t s w i n n i n g by four g o a l s to two. T h i s w a s a memorable game w i t h I C at one stage t r a i l i n g 1—0, ifter a t r a g i c error by k e e p er K e v A l l e n ,but i n the b i t i n g I l l ' s 4—1 and they s h o u l d now c o l d a n d r a i n our s u p e r i o r f i t n e s s h a v e l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y i n r e a c h i n g p r o v e d too m u c h for the o p p o s i t - the f i n a l for the f i r s t time for i o n . K . S e n k i w , a very p o w e r f u l some y e a r s . In t h i s game Steve front r u n n e r , s c o r e d our f i r s t two See o n c e more proved a great g o a l s a n d then the i r r e p r e s s i b l e a s s e t up front w i t h h i s i n s t a n t I . P o s t l e t h w a i t e n i p p e d i n to b a l l control and e l u s i v e running s c o r e our t h i r d after G o l d s m i t h s c a u s i n g a lot of trouble i n the h a d p u l l e d b a c k to 2—2. L S E defence. Glen Swably, whose delightfull T h e day w a s made a l l the more t o u c h e s h a v e been the s o u r c e of s u c c e s s f u l for the f o o t b a l l c l u b much p l e a s u r e to the K o p E n d when n e w s came over the a i r c r o w d at H a r l i n g t o n t h i s s e a s o n , that the 5th team h a d a c t u a l l y s e a l e d the game w i t h h i s p o w e r - won t h e i r c u p game a g a i n s t U . C . ful r i g h t foot c r a c k i n g an a b s o l u t e at S h e n l y and so go on to the beauty i n from the edge of the s e m i f i n a l of the l o w er r e s e r v e s a r e a . A l l c r e d i t must be g i v e n to c u p . T h e t e a m , after recent c a l a m a t i e s , was strengthend our p l a y e r s for t h i s m a r v e l l o u s e c o n s i d e r a b l y when those o l d d i s p l a y of courage and r e s o l v e in the f a c e of s e v e r e d i f f i c u l t i e s w a r r i o r s R . S e n d b a c h and A . a n d a l s o to the G o l d s m i t h s team W i l k i n s o n were drafted in and t h i s o b v i o u s l y improved matters. who faught g a m e l y for the 90 Our two g o a l s were s c o r e d by the m i n u t e s a n d might e a s i l y h a v e ubiquitous L i v e r p u d l i a n M.Rogers p u l l e d i t off. who l e a p t m a j e s t i c a l l y to nod The seconds a l s o proved their the team into the next r o u n d . worth when they defeated L S E
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