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Aston pulls out of NUS A T THEIR UGfl last Tuesday, The University of Aston Students' Union decided by a majority of nearly three to one to disaffiliate from N'JS, the national student union. The meeting was attended by 1400 students with a total of over 1200 actually voting on the motion before the meeting, which wanted the Union to remain affiliated to NUS. Mr Ian M i n n i s , P r e s i d e n t of t h e S t u d e n t s U n i o n , s a i d that t h i s v o t e w a s a " k i c k in-pants" for N U S a n d h e e x p e c t e d to s e e some moderate unions such as Newcastle and Liverpool to debate the q u e s t i o n of d i s a f f i l i a t i o n . H e w o u l d a l s o l i k e to s e e militant unions debating the issue, especially places like Kent and E s s e x . " I t would if they be even better d i s a f f i l i a t e d " , he s a i d . The reason behind A s t o n ' s d e c i s i o n to q u i t N U S w a s that many students there felt that N U S w a s unrepresentative. Of the 3 3 2 w h o voted to s t a y i n (893 voted to l e a v e ) , most of them d i d s o b e c a u s e they thought it w o u l d be more u s e f u l to carry on the fight from w i t h i n t h e e x i s t i n g s t r u c t u r e of N U S . M r M i n n i s h o w e v e r , d i s a g r e e s on t h i s . A l t h o u g h there h a s been

no immediate move to d i s a f f i l i a t e from other u n i o n s , the r e a l t u r n i n g point w i l l be at Scarborough when t h e motions on the N U S c o n s t i t u t i o n are d i s c u s s e d , If the m o t i o n c a l l i n g for d i r e c t e l e c t i o n s to the N U S executive is defeated then there i s a real p o s s i b i l i t y of a snowballing effect setting i n . Peter Teague, ICU P r e s i d e n t , w o u l d l i k e to s e e the q u e s t i o n debated at I C , but i s w o r r i e d that a d e c i s i o n might be r e a c h e d w h i c h w a s based on insufficient k n o w l e d g e of what the N U S i s a n d d o e s . H e d o e s not feel that A s t o n ' s a c t i o n w a s a b i g enough jolt to the N U S but agreed that s h o u l d the motions on the N U S constitution be defeated, there would be at least or three more distwo affiliations.

Guilds Exec adopt Hoyle as presidential candidate T H E U N E X P E C T E D resignation of K e i t h Ahlers as P r e s i d e n t of C i t y and G u i l d s U n i o n l a s t w e e k , h a s left a considerable hole i n the U n i o n s t r u c t u r e . In a d d i t i o n to b e i n g P r e s i d e n t o f C & G Union, he was also Vice P r e s i d e n t of I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n . U n d e r the C o n s t i t u t i o n , the Honorary Secretary of the Union, Anne Pickard, becomes acting President u n t i l t h e e l e c t i o n of a n e w president. Only one candidate h a s s o f a r b e e n n o m i n a t e d for the p r e s i d e n c y . H e i s S t e v e H o y l e , Who i s , at the moment,

v i c e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i o n . In order to b e e l i g i b l e for election a s P r e s i d e n t , Mr H o y l e h a s h a d to r e s i g n a s VP. H i s resignation is e f f e c t i v e from l s t D e c e m b e r . T h i s h a s left t h e p o s t o f VP open and means that G u i l d s U n i o n i s now f u n c t i o n i n g with only one of i t s top three officers. T h e r e are however, two candidates standing for the Vice Steve Dearing Presidency; and K i m W h a l e y . T h e h u s t i n g s for b o t h ' p o s t s w i l l b e o n Tuesday 2nd .December, with the elections on 9th December.

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£2.200. The increases b e i n g c o n t e m p l a t e d for n e x t term w i l l b e i n t h e r e g i o n o f £5 for s h a r e d rooms i n h o u s e s a n d G a r d e n ; £6 for single rooms in houses, Garden H a l l and O l d B e i t ; and £7 f o r Weeks Hall, L i n s t e a d H a l l and Southside. These increases which a v e r a g e o u t a t about £1.50 p e r w e e k more a r e e m b o d i e d i n t w o p r o p o s a l s b e i n g put to t h e R e c t o r f o r h i s c o n sideration. He will then a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n to make the Governing Body. The results of these a c t i o n s w i l l not b e a v a i l a b l e u n t i l t h e b e g i n n i n g o f next term d u e to t h e fact that t h e Governors will not b e d i s c u s s i n g t h e matter u n t i l the C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n s .

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' F i l m n i g h t ' . I n c l u d e s f i l m c l i p s from "Last Detail", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"and "Blazing Saddles". 1.00pm. IC F i l m S o c present ' R o m e o and J u l i e t ' in M e c h E n g 220 at 7 . 1 5 p m . U n i o n , J C R (Sherfiefd) and S o u t h s i d e . A d m by m e m b e r s h i p c a r d o n l y . M e m b e r s h i p £1.50. D R A M S O C : F i r s t night "The Captain of Kopenick", an a l l n e w Q E C : A l l night C h r i s t m a s B a l l - 8.00pm t i l l 8.00am in t h e A t k i n s p r e s e n t a t i o n w i t h a c a s t of 4 0 ! U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l at 7 . 3 0 p m . B u i l d i n g . T h e b a l l features ' G e o r g e F a m e and t h e B l u e F l a m e s ' , T i c k e t s 6 0 p . (Students 40p). C o n t i n u e s u n t i l Saturday 6 t h . 'Mike Absalom', 'Slack Alice', 'Circus', 'North Circular in the Air Transport and C a r e e r O p p o r t u n i t i e s T a l k s : 'A Career A c c i d e n t a l B a n d ' , ' T C D i x i e B a n d ' a n d ' S t a n A r n o l d ' . D i s c o s by Travel Industry" by Mr JCW WELLER, A i r T r a n s p o r t and T r a v e l the ' N a k e d E y e D i s c o ' and ' T h e R a n d y R h i n o R o a d S h o w ' . Industry T r a i n i n g B o a r d . F i l m s : " T h e W a l k i n g D e a d " and " L o o t " . A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : F r a n c e s i n c e d e G a u l e 2.-4 modern economy Buffet d i n n e r i n c l u d i n g w i n e a n d b r e a k f a s t to f o l l o w . D r e s s : but how modern a society? JOHN ARDAGH. Theatre B , F o r m a l or dark lounge s u i t . T i c k e t s : a d v £6.00 d o u b l e , £3.50 S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g , 1.30pm. s i n g l e ; on She door £7.00 d o u b l e , £4.00 s i n g l e . T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e What i s B a r o q u e ? 3 . Baroque Music. ROGER NORRINGTON, from t h e S o c i a l S e c r e t a r y , Q E C U n i o n , T e l : 937 9 7 1 4 / 1 7 9 4 . Conductor, music c r i t i c and broadcaster. Theatre A , Sherfield B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm. Saturday 29th

Friday 28th

IC E n t s proudly present 'Osibisa' p l u s ' M o o n ' in c o n c e r t in t h e G r e a t H a l l at 8 p m . A d m : £1.20 I C adv; £1.30 adv; £1.50 on door. P h o t o g r a p h i c S o c i e t y : B e g i n n e r s w e e k e n d . A l s o a l l day Sunday T a k e photos today; d e v e l o p a n d print tomorrow. T h e r e w i l l be a p r i z e for the best p r i n t ! C o n t a c t D E J l D E M U R N E N in Room 481 M e c h E n g or s i g n up on t h e P h o t s o c n o t i c e b o a r d . P r i c e £1.20 irrcl f i l m , paper a n d c h e m i c a l s .

Sunday 30th C a t h S o c : "Some ethical problems in human Biology". A t a l k by Gordon Duns tan. P r o f D u n s t a n i s F D M a u r i c e P r o f e s s o r of E t h i c a l a n d s o c i a l T h e o l o g y at K i n g ' s C o l l e g e . 7.30pm at More H o u s e , 53 C r o m w e l l R o a d . a IC Sunday S e s s i o n : T h i s w e e k f e a t u r e s "TYGERBAND". t r a d i t i o n a l j a z z b a n d . U n i o n L o w e r lunge at 8 . 3 0 p m . A d m F R E E ! C h e l s e a : F i l m , "JANE EYRE" at 7.00pm L i g h t f o o t Hall, M a n r e s s a R d A d m 15p.

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Wednesday 3rd IC F o l k C l u b present "JOHN AND SUE KIRKPATRICK in t h e U n i o n L o w e r lounge at 8.00pm A d m , members 2 5 p , non-members 45p. Membership 60p.

Thursday 4th C a r e e r O p p o r t u n i t i e s T a l k s : "Both sides at the Interview" by MR R A M A R S H A L L , B A G . A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : L u n c h - h o u r c o n c e r t in the L i b r a r y , 5 3 P r i n c e ' s G a t e . 1.30pm. F i l m : "SACRED COWES". T h e a t r e A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm. I C W A : A '.'Women in S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y " t a l k g i v e n by P R O F D J A C K S O N , H e a d of P h y s i c s dept at Surrey U n i v e r s i t y on 'Women in Research'. ICWA lounge at 6 . 3 0 p m . IC S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y : Open m e e t i n g w i t h a s p e a k e r from t h e " N a t i o n a l C o - o r d i n a t e d C o m m i t t e e A g a i n s t C u t s in t h e N H S " . S C R ( U n i o n ) at 1.00pm.

Friday 5th I C F i l m S o c present I'M JUMPING OVER PUDDLES AGAIN" in M e c h E n g 2 2 0 at 7 . 1 5 p m . A d m by m e m b e r s h i p c a r d o n l y . M e m b e r s h i p £1.50. I C C h o i r : C h r i s t m a s O r a t o r i o ( J S B a c h ) 8.00pm in t h e Great H a l l A d m : S t u d e n t s 50p; others 7 5 p .

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policy drama. For the last two years h a s practised a the . N U S boycott of the National Student Drama Festival, the a n n u a l jamboree o r g a n i s e d and f i n a n c e d b y ' T h e S u n d a y Times', through Mr C l i v e Wolfe. This boycott arose from Mr W o l f e ' s r e f u s a l t o accept various demands made by a p r e v i o u s c o n f e r e n c e , the most c o n t r o v e r s i a l b e i n g should that t h e c o n f e r e n c e elect students to the board, a p p o i n t e d by M r Wolfe, w h i c h s e l e c t s productions to go to the f e s t i v a l .

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excellent t h e a t r i c a l l y , might not b e " t h e u r c u p of t e a " . Mr .Wolfe has. never made any s e c r e t o f ' the fact that he w i s h e s to s e l e c t p r o d u c t i o n s of the sole c r i t e r i o n of dramatic effectiveness and thus make the festival a showcase of t h e best i n student drama. T h i s attitude d o e s not p r o v i d e the d e m o c r a c y that the N U S i s s o keen o n . Mr W o l f e ' s organisation i s that of a b e n e v o l e n t d i c t a t o r ;

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provide a s s i s t a n c e , particularly r.n the f i e l d s of c o m m u n i c a t i o n s and publicity. Of c o u r s e , It s e e m s to b e fundamental there i s no, p o s s i b i l i t y of t h e law of student l i f e that t h e u n i o n g i v i n g f i n a n c i a l a i d and NUS a n d t h e s t u d e n t s it the festival must continue suoDosedly represents lead with commercial sponsorship. different |j . T h e drama T h i s y e a r it w a s reported field i s no exception; grass that ' T h e Sunday Times' conflict between the NUS roots opinion from drama could not c o n t i n u e its a n d i t s drama groups i s t h e ICWA groups a l l o v e r t h e country sponsorship. B u t , at t h e e x t e n t of that b e n e v o l e n c e . i s that the N S D F i s a good Christmas Lunch l a s t moment, t h e n e w s p a p e r Other subjects dealt with t h i n g a n d much p r e s t i g e i s it would announced that Party w e r e t h e p l i g h t of s t u d e n t s g a i n e d by t h o s e l u c k y enough continue with t h e a i d of in c o l l e g e s of d r a m a , a n d to b e s e l e c t e d . This year T u e s 9th D e c c o - s p o n s o r s , who turned out t o the place of community more than 120 groups entered at be t h e S c o t t i s h T o u r i s t theatre i n t h e s t u d e n t drama for t h e L o n d o n f e s t i v a l , t h e 12.30pm B o a r d a n d t h e H o u s e of s c e n e . It i s d i f f i c u l t t o s e e method of selection, by i n the Fraser. T h e . 1976 f e s t i v a l how the former f i t s into t h e professional theatre people, Union Concert Hall w i l l b e i n E d i n b u r g h next remit of a c o n f e r e n c e on also provides critical a s s e s s A p r i I. T i c k e t s 50p from I C W A d e p ment for p r o d u c t i o n s , even student drama, essentially On t h e matter of e l e c t e d if they c a n n o t b e s e l e c t e d . r e p s a n d 121 or 124 B e i t H a l l an amateur field. Although was said selectors little there are various student The N U S now appears t o s i n c e t h i s i s a matter that and groups experimental h a v e s e e n t h e error of i t s it i s t o o late t o do a n y t h i n g EID-UZ-ZUHA BEING community theatre, the field boycott, though it i s not about t h i s y e a r , Mr O s b o r n e CELEBRATED of s t u d e n t drama s t i l l c o n t i nues Clear whether this i s because view NUS reiterated that J u s t three w e e k s from n o w . be d o m i n a t e d by t h o s e to this year's festival i s already that e l e c t e d s t u d e n t s s h o u l d G e t y o u r E i d C a r d s front t h e interested in conventional under way and student be o n M r W o l f e ' s b o a r d . T h e of plays; Islamic Society. Room 002 .presentation selectors could not be opinion of t h o s e delegates u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h o s e s o r t s of S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g , e v e r y day i n c l u d e d at t h i s late s t a g e . that I talked t o w a s that p e o p l e a r e not the o n e s w h o at 1.00pm. P r i c e 5 p , 6p & 7 p . A m o t i o n w a s presented by drama groups w o u l d not want t o ' spend a whole the ad. panel wh i c h have _such confidence i n the Saturday in London d i s c u s s i n g recommended that the N U S ability of s t u d e n t s whose the N U S and d r a m a . s h o u l d be i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e o p i n i o n s might b e c l o u d e d by N S D F and should investigate a production w h i c h , although the w a y s i n w h i c h they c o u l d Thomas Stevenson. â&#x20AC;˘perhaps the only point of

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T H E W E L L S O C m e e t i n g on N o v e m b e r 24th heard a very interesting lecture on t h e geometry and astronomy of M e g a l i t h i c Monuments, given by the noted e x p e r t i n t h i s field, Prof. Alexander Thorn. His lecture was concerned mainly with the stone rings of the late s t o n e a g e , of w h i c h there are 5 0 0 or s o g o o d examples i n the U K , a n d perhaps a s many a g a i n in Northern F r a n c e . H e s t a r t e d by e x p l a i n i n g how t h e s e r i n g s w e r e l a i d o u t , such that their principal dimensions were integor m u l t i p l e s of a u n i t of length w h i c h he c a l l s the M e g a l i t h i c Y a r d . Other u n i t s he p r o p o s e d w e r e the M e g a l i t h i c R o d , of 2.5 M e g a l i t h i c Y a r d s , and the M e g a l i t h i c Inch e q u a l to o n e fourtieth of the M e g a l i t h i c Yard. Numerous p l a n s and histograms illustrated his point w h i c h c u l m i n a t e d in a n i n t r i c a t e e x p l o r a t i o n of the layout of A v e b u r y ' c i r c l e ' . The s e c o n d part of h i s l e c t u r e w a s d e v o t e d to t h e astronomy of stone rings and a l i g n m e n t s . H e s h o w e d

how the s e t t i n g a n d r i s i n g p o i n t s o f the s u n , moon and certain stars at p a r t i c u l a r of the year were times a c c u r a t e l y i n d i c a t e d by stone alignments and distant foresights. Further refinements of t h e s e i d e a s s h o w e d h o w M e g a l i t h i c M a n might have known about the small perturbation i n the moon's o r b i t , and h e n c e may h a v e been a b l e to p r e d i c t e c l i p s e s . P r o f . T h o r n i n d i c a t e d the d i f f i c u l t y he e x p e r i e n c e s in c o n v i n c i n g the a r c h a e o l o g i c a l community of the v a l i d i t y of h i s t h e o r i e s . J u d g i n g by the q u e s t i o n s and d i s c u s s i o n of the a u d i e n c e , it s e e m s he had little difficulty in i n t e r e s t i n g t h o s e p r e s e n t from the s c i e n t i f i c c o m m u n i t y of IC. T h e lecture w a s well r e c e i v e d but w a s marred by l a c k of a v a i l a b l e t i m e , a n d the a b s e n c e of a m i c r o p h o n e . for those References interested are; "Megalithic Lunar Observatories", both by a T h o r n . F o r the real a d d i c t s of the t h e o r y , p a p e r s o c c u r in the " J o u r n a l of the H i s t o r y of A s t r o n o m y " .

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O N E O F T H E m a i n t a s k s for I C P o s t Graduate Group h a s always been the representation of t h e s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t s of those registered for h i g h e r d e g r e e s . O v e r t h e l a s t three y e a r s a number of s e p a r a t e i s s u e s have b e e n t a k e n up with varying degrees of s u c c e s s . N o w for t h e f i r s t time there may w e l l b e the possibility of a broader d i a l o g u e on the p r e s e n t s t a t e of a l l k i n d s o f p o s t - g r a d u a t e activity. The establishment of a c o l l e g e w o r k i n g party o n P G education which includes three p o s t g r a d u a t e students i n i t s membership i s a w e l c o m e i n n o v a t i o n . It w i l l b e j u d g e d on the b a s i s of any s u b s t a n t i v e c o n t r i b u t i o n to the e d u c a t i o n a l experiences of research and advanced course students. It i s i m po r t a nt that the channel of representation p r o v i d e d by the p o s t - g r a d u a t e s on t h i s w o r k i n g p a r t y c a r r i e s the maximum p o s s i b l e amount of r e l e v a n t o p i n i o n . A t t h i s s t a g e t h e f i r s t p r i o r i t y i s to generate a comprehensive list of t h e p r o b l e m areas a r i s i n g i n e a c h k i n d of p o s t -

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graduate s t u d y . Some of the matters for consideration w i l l be q u a l i t y o f s u p e r v i s i o n , the r o l e o f formal c o u r s e s , t i m e s c a l e of research and the use of f a c i l i t i e s . In d e p a r t m e n t s where an a c t i v e p o s t graduate group i s a l r e a d y e s t a b l i s h e d representatives will be arranging informal lunchtime meetings early i n December. T h e r e w i l l a l s o be a m e e t i n g open to a l l p o s t g r a d u a t e s on 2 D e c . at 1pm i n E l e c E n g 3 0 5 . T h i s w i l l pro v i d e the o p p o r t u n i t y for t h o s e i n d e p a r t m e n t s where g r o u p s are not y e t o p e r a t i n g to specify the difficulties they e n c o u n t e r . of the The usefulness w o r k i n g party to p o s t graduate s t u d e n t s w i l l d e p e n d on the s u c c e s s with which problem areas are l o c a t e d . PLEASE SUPPORT THESE MEETINGS T h e p o s t g r a d u a t e s on the working party a r e : Pete McCreath C i v E n g int4258 R o s h u n B i r d y C h e m . int 4 1 1 9 R i c h a r d Upton Ind. Sociology int 4 2 0 2 .

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WANTED 4th F l a t m a t e (male) In flat for four. £8 pw in B a t t e r s e a R i n g 2 2 8 5203 and a s k for upstairs flat.

1. R e c l u s e S c o t s m a n is an operator (9) 2. Smart note, n a n ! B e y o n d the h i l l s (12) 3 . N o t needed for t h i s c l u e ! ( 1 1 ) 4. R u d e tone c o u l d make a n a t o m i c bomb (8) 5. E a r t h p o i n t s between t h e h a l f - w a y mark of a s e a (13) 6. War c a m p c o n t a i n s metal in deer (6) 7. A g r e e in any e s k i m o e s (3) 9 . R i c e w i t h point c o u l d be better! (5) 11. M e l o n or a n o t h e r fruit (5) 15. C h a t h a s come to be painful (11) 2 2 . M e a s u r e of p r i n t ? (2) 2 6 . A m e r i c a n s o l d i e r h a s £2 that i s , a v a l e t (6) 2 8 . Get t h i s to a l i g h t (2) 2 9 . L o o k b a c k from m u d d l e d reef to the right (5) 3 2 . O i l s around a born (4) 3 3 . Stoat d r i p s temperature in a n c i e n t G r e e c e (4) 2 1 . Seaman and F r e n c h u s u a l l y come w i t h a i d (4)

Answers to prize crossword no. 2 4 : Across: 1. P o t a t o c r i s p , 9. A n k l e d e e p , 10. Dense, 11. Anneal, 12. S i d e r e a l , 1 3 . T a l e n t , 15. Set F o r t h , 18. T e a r drop, 19. Ballad, 21.Piffling, 23.Asleep, 26. Ebony, 27. Anomalous, 28. P l a t e s of meat. Down: 1. P e a s a n t , 2. T o k e n , 3. Trepanned, 4 . C l e f , 5.Impaired, 6. P a d r e , 7. I nt egral, 8 . Weath, 14. L e a p f r o g , 1 6 . F l a g s t a f f , 17. Downcast, 18. T i p p e t , 20. D e p o s i t , 2 2 , L o y a l , 2 4 . Erode, 25. T o s s .

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Sir, — It w a s with some concern that I read last week's issu* of FELIX c o n t a i n i n g Mr A h l e r s ' letter concerning Bar Prices. To find a f e l l o w member of the ICU Executive propounding t h e o r i e s for w h i c h there i s no f a c t u a l b a s i s , i s perturbing to say the l e a s t . Mr A h l e r s never h a s b e e n , i s not at the moment, and in a l l p r o b a b i l i t y never w i l l be on the R e f e c t o r y Committee or the Bar Committee during his stay at C o l l e g e . T o reply to h i s letter in two p a r t s , I s h a l l f i r st refer to h i s quote " o v e r the p a s t two y e a r s we h a v e s e e n a steady e r o s i o n in the p r i c e differential between the C o l l e g e bars and l o c a l p u b l i c h o u s e s " . In fact q u i t e the reverse is true for many beverages, for example, G u i n n e s s , two y e a r s ago c o s t 2p more in the E n n i s m o r e t h a n the C o l l e g e b a r s , and at present the d i f f e r e n t i a l is 5p. The next s e n t e n c e r e a d s "In an effort to m a x i m i s e profits ... the B a r C o m m i t t e e opted for t h e l a y m a n ' s way out" — what pathetic, libelous drivel Mr A h l e r s . Governing The facts are Body told the RefectoryCommittee " t o m a x i m i s e bar p r o f i t s " . Refectory committee then told the Bar Committee "to review its pricing s t r u c t u r e in order to a c h i e v e

a gross mark-up of 35%. Where i s the o p t i n g for the l a y m a n ' s way o u t ? T h e B a r committee d i d not, in f a c t , have any choice in the matter. N e x t he s a y s that " i n d e e d t a k i n g s are a l r e a d y down". Totally irrelevant comment t h i s , s i n c e t h i s w a s before the prices were increased and is more due to the financial situation of the students rather than the bars f i n a n c e s . The whole of the next paragraph is factually i n c o r r e c t a s Mr A h l e r s s h o u l d know, a s he w o r k s in the JCR bar in the Sherfield Building where we charge all outside bookings using that bar, at l e a st 1p more on a l l d r i n k s c o n s u m e d . Finally, instead of Mr Ahlers "urging the Bar committee I should l i k e to urge him to keep h i s ramblings to h i m s e l f until he c h e c k s h i s f a c t s . A l s o , it i s not my d e s i r e to i n c r e a s e p r i c e s at a l l , and w i t h t h i s in mind, I made the recommendations to Council ( w h i c h are p r i n t e d in F E L I X ) c o n c e r n i n g the future r u n n i n g of the bars to the benefit of the s t u d e n t b o d y . I remain S i r , your informed obedient servant, NP BRAYSHAW RSMU President Chairman, Bar Committee

T h e r e w a s a great d e a l of c o n f u s i o n over l a s t w e e k ' s i s s u e of F E L I X and q u i t e u n d e r s t a n d i n g too! It w a s meant to be s o l d for 5p w i t h a l l the p r o c e e d s g o i n g to the R a g c h a r i t i e s . H o w e v e r , Mr J o h n K e a r n s and h i s h e l p e r s f a i l e d to/turn-up in s u f f i c i e n t numbers to h e l p s e l l the paper and s o the i d e a w a s dropped on the F r i d a y m o r n i n g . We h a v e r e c e i v e d a few b a l l o n f i l l e r s for the front page photo but w e are k e e p i n g it open u n t i l next F r i d a y l u n c h t i m e . W h i l e w e are s t i l l on R a g , J K a s k e d to a s k the f o l l o w i n g p e o p l e to come to the U n i o n o f f i c e and p i c k up t h e i r p r i z e s from the R a g l o t t e r y . T h e s e a r e : - A C h o d o r o w s k i , Dr H o c k i n g , D R o o t r o n , D a v e D a w e s , E d C l u t t o n , W i l k i n s o n (Green 2 1 3 ) , M T i l b u r y , D r H a r d w i c k , and S u e J a m e s . It i s a l w a y s regretful w h e n a U n i o n o f f i c e r i s f o r c e d , for one reason or another, to r e s i g n from h i s or her p o s t . It w a s d o u b l y sad for us to hear of K e i t h A h l e r s ' r e s i g n a t i o n . We hope that he h a s better l u c k in future and t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y to c o n g r a t u l a t e him on h i s c o n t r i b u t i o n to both G u i l d s and I C U . A n o t h e r c a s e of r e s i g n a t i o n (sorry—no pun intended) i s that of A s t o n . T h e y h a v e d e c i d e d to w i t h d r a w t h e i r m e m b e r s h i p to N U S by 8 9 3 to 332 v o t e s . T h e r e h a s been s t e a d y but d e c l i n i n g rate of d i s a f f i l i a t i o n s , the peak b e i n g r e a c h e d in 1970, but t h i s i s the time a u n i v e r s i t y h a s d e c i d e d to do s o . T h e c o n s e q u e n c e s of t h i s m o v e , w i s e or not, are far r e a c h i n g e s p e c i a l l y when it c o m e s before the eve of an N U S n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e at w h i c h the N U S c o n s t i t u t i o n i s to be d e b a t e d . O b v i o u s l y , the d e c i s i o n d i s a f f i l i a t e i s not a light one, h o w e v e r , it i s a d e c i s i o n that c a n be t a k e n w i t h o u t any b a c k g r o u n d k n o w ledge or information and t h i s is d a n g e r o u s . W h i l e the b e n e f i t s of b e i n g a member of N U S may not be i m m e d i a t e l y c l e a r , most p e o p l e are agreed that the s t u d e n t body a s a w h o l e , need to h a v e a n a t i o n a l l y c o - o r d i n a t e d g r o u p . We must never l o s e s i g h t of this fact. What most s t u d e n t s do not want to s e e i s a group, s i m i l a r to the N U S e x e c u t i v e , p u r p o r t i n g to represent s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t , b e i n g run by a gang of p o l i t i c a l c a r e e r i s t s of any p a r t i c u l a r d e n o m i n a t i o n . 3 u t we now reach an i m p a s s e . S t u d e n t s are not w i l l i n g , p r e s u m a b l y b e c a u s e it d o e s not c o n c e r n them, to get up and take part in N U S , let a l o n e t h e i r own u n i o n s , in order to a c h i e v e any c h a n g e s . N o where i s t h i s more b l a t a n t than at Imperial C o l l e g e . L a s t week we s a w a p a l t r y number of IC s t u d e n t s at a u n i o n m e e t i n g at w h i c h m o t i o n s to N U S c o n f e r e n c e w e r e to be d i s c u s s e d . If t h i s i s the p r e v a i l i n g a t t i t u d e then it i s q u i t e c l e a r that we do not need U G M s and furthermore that U G M s s h o u l d not be the c o n t r o l l i n g bdoy of the U n i o n . So what c a n we h a v e i n s t e a d ? A n S R C (Students R e p r e s e n t a t i v e C o u n c i l ) s y s t e m ? O r do we l e a v e a l l d e c i s i o n s to the I C U E x e c u t i v e w i t h p o s s i b l y r a t i f i c a t i o n by C o u n c i l as in i t s present form? T h e s e q u e s t i o n s need a n s w e r i n g and they need a n s w e r i n g now. I hope that t h o s e of you who read t h i s a r t i c l e w i l l s t i m u l a t e d i s c u s s i o n on the i s s u e s r a i s e d h e r e . My s p e c i a l t h a n k s to G i l l (heroine of h e r o i n e s ) , Ian ( s u p e r hero), P h i l (hero) and other members of staff (great bunch) for t h e i r h e l p In p r o d u c i n g t h i s w e e k ' s i s s u e . See you next w e e k ?

H a l l fees Sir, - B e a r i n g in m i n d P e t e r Teague's comments on IC h a l l f e e s I w o u l d l i k e to a few c o m p a r i s o n s w i t h t h e cost and standard of accommodation in interhalls. I refer collegiate specifically to International H a l l w h i c h , out of a t o t a l of 450, has a significant proportion of IC s t u d e n t s . Firstly the rooms themselves. These are of reasonable proportions but have an inadequate size w i n d o w , p r e s u m a b l y to s a v e on heating bills. Heat is supplied by a radiator w h i c h e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y pumps out energy and often r e f u s e s to be turned off. T h e f u r n i s h i n g is simple if a somewhat dilapidated and the power p o i n t s c u n n i n g l i t t l e two-amp devices. The most notable however, is the deficiency a b s e n c e of w a s h b a s i n s . Cooking facilities are n o n - e x i s t e n t and indeed a l l but electric kettles are b a n n e d . T h e r e are " k i t c h e n ettes" on e v e r y floor, but e v e n here, c o o k i n g i s banned

and there i s no equipment to c o o k on in any c a s e . Meals are sub-college refectory s t a n d a r d in q u a l i t y but adequate in quantity. T h e breakfast i s p a r t i c u l a r l y good and m e a l s are p r o v i d e d at the weekends. Meals however, are part of the standard hall f e e s and no refund i s a v a i l a b l e for uneaten meals. The final and most d e v a s t a t i n g fact h o w e v e r , i s the c o s t . I n t e r c o l l e g i a t e h a l l s u n l i k e c o l l e g e h a l l s get no s u b s i d y from the u n i v e r s i t y and therefore have to break e v e n . T h i s means that the fees amount to £500 per session as compared w i t h £300 p a i d by IC h a l l r e s i d e n t s . Intercollegiate halls have in fact the h i g h e s t fees in the c o u n t r y . (Not q u i t e , W e s t f i e l d i s top of t h i s l e a g u e — E d . ) P e r s o n a l l y , I t h i n k IC h a l l residents, especially Peter Teague should keep quiet and hope nobody n o t i c e s . Yours sincerely, N GREEN Life Sciences 1

STOIC at it again ! EARLIER THIS M O N T H , STOIC, I C ' s very own Student T e l e v i s i o n s e r v i c e recorded an i n t e r v i e w w i t h the a c t o r , D i r k B o g r a d e , w h i c h w a s to h a v e been s h o w n next T u e s d a y . However, due to minor p r o b l e m s , the i n t e r v i e w i s not yet ready for s h o w i n g , but S T O I C hope to t r a n s m i t it s o m e t i m e before the end of term. Mr Bogarde, well known for his role as romantic f i l m hero in the s i x t i e s , w a s in the c o u n t r y to promote h i s l a t e s t f i l m , ' P e r m i s s i o n to K i l l ' . In the f i l m he p l a y s the part of an i n t e l l i g e n c e agent, who by devious means endeavours to prevent a p o l i t i c a l e x i l e from returning to h i s c o u n t r y to start a revolution. The interview is being regarded a s s o m e t h i n g of a scoop; Mr B o g a r d e having only been interviewed the day before by R u s s e l H a r t y and on the same day (as the S T O I C i n t e r v i e w ) w a s interv i e w e d by T o n y B i l b o w for BBC'2s programme, 'Film Night'. The STOIC interview

t o o k p l a c e at the t r a i n i n g studio of the Educational T e l e v i s i o n Centre, 3attersea where near b r o a d c a s t s t a n d a r d facilities are available. STOIC is allowed u s e of the studio because many of t h e i r programmes, e s p e c i a l l y the i n t e r v i e w s , are b r o a d c a s t over L o n d o n through C h a n n e l 7 of the I L E A c l o s e d c i r c u i t television network. C h a n n e l 7 i s r e c e i v e d by colleges, schools and universities all over L o n d o n . The programme, which w i l l i n c l u d e c l i p s from " T h e Blue Lamp' and "The Servant' as well as from 'Permission to Kill" is being edited today at the U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n A u d i o V i s u a l - A i d Centre.

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"Panama and its canal" by A P E R I 2 , C . Counsellor, Panama Embassy. T u e s 2 n d : "Education and Fascism in Chile" A BUNSTER, Former C h i l e a n Ambassador. Wed 3 r d : "Education andScience in Cuba" J F G R I F F I T H S , Gen Sec, B r i t i s h C u b a S L C . T h u r s 4 t h : "Cultural roots of Mexico" by H F L O R E S , C. Counsellor, Mexican Embassy. Fri 5th: "The Venezuelan Oil Industry" L ANEZ, C o u n s e l l o r for E c o n o m i c A f f a i r s , V e n e z u e l a n E m b a s s y . C h e e s e and Wine P a r t y . M e c h E n g T i c k e t s 60p. A l l l e c t u r e s in l e c t u r e T h e a t r e A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g u n l e s s otherwise stated. T o c o i n c i d e w i t h t h i s s e r i e s of l e c t u r e s , a p h o t o g r a p h i c r e c o r d of C h e G u e v a r a ' s l i f e w i l l be e x h i b i t e d .

WITH T H E I C - U C Chinese Society Games d r a w i n g ' t o a c l o s e I C C S now l o o k s forward to i t s f o r t h c o m i n g e v e n t s . On T h u r s d a y 4th D e c e m b e r we s h a l l be h o l d i n g a s o c i a l g a t h e r i n g in w h i c h w e s h a l l sample the delights of a home-cooked dinner, and t h i s w i l l be f o l l o w e d by a f i l m . The tickets are 75p for members and 90p for non members and may be o b t a i n e d from a n y c o m m i t t e e member, or from room 528 , T i z a r d H a l l . A menu h a s been p r o p o s e d but a n y o n e who h a s a s u g g e s t i o n or who w o u l d l i k e to try t h e i r hand in p r e p a r i n g t h e i r o w n s p e c i a l i t y , please contact the Committee. I would l i k e to s t r e s s a l s o that a l l members of this College, not only C h i n e s e members, are i n v i t e d to t h i s S o c i a l g a t h e r i n g , a s i n d e e d they are to a l l f u n c t i o n s h e l d by the S o c i e t y .

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suggestions, questions, complaints or if y o u just want a f r i e n d l y c h a t then come a l o n g — non members are w e l c o m e too. As mentioned in the still previous article, we have posts vacant on the Committee. Owing to the r e g i s t r a t i o n of C K T s e , the jobofSecretary i s n o w a v a i l a b l e , in a d d i t i o n to the p r e v i o u s v a c a n c i e s for about 3 g e n e r a l committee members. Every nominee w i l l require a p r o p o s e r and t w o s e c o n d e r s and e l e c t i o n s w i l l t a k e p l a c e at the next General Meeting. T h u s , if there i s a n y t h i n g you w i s h to e n q u i r e of, or if y o u h a v e not yet j o i n e d the Society and c a n n o t f i n d a committee member, j u s t pop in to one of our l u n c h t i m e meetings. Whether Chinese, E n g l i s h or any other n a t i o n a l i t y we are y o u r S o c i e t y for the promotion of C h i n e s e C u l t u r e and t h u s depend • upon y o u r participation.

We are now h o l d i n g r e g u l a r m e e t i n g s in room 6 0 6 , E l e c Eng building during Tuesday l u n c h t i m e s . T h e m e e t i n g s are t o t a l l y informal and t e a i s s e r v e d , s o if y o u h a v e any

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JOHN DOWNS,

PROFILE: by Mike

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JOHN M I C H A E L DOWNS is probably the tallest person ever to hold the office of Imperial College Union Honorary Secretary. He is alleged to stand 6 * 5 " tall ("...but it's usually 6 * 3 " 'cos I slouch."). As I watched him approach the door to the office where I was furiously scribbling notes for this profile, I paused and began to fear for the doorframe. However the impending collision was averted as the 6 ' 3 " prototype cut in with split-second timing. "Instinctive slouching," I mused. "Incredible". Zodiacatly anomalous at birth (ie he w a s born F e b r u a r y 19th 1954 w h i c h i s on the c u s p of A q u a r i u s and P i s c e s ) J o h n grew up (and up) at D e e p i n g St J a m e s w h i c h i s ten m i l e s north o f P e t e r b o r o u g h in Lincolnshire. H e . was a c t u a l l y born h o w e v e r , q u i t e short on a farm s i t u a t e d on the h i g h e s t h i l l ( B a r d e n H i l l to be p r e c i s e ) in L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . John arrived at IC in October 1972 and s t u d i e d M a t e r i a l s S c i e n c e in R S M for three years during which time he had become c o n n e c t e d ' w i t h v a r i o u s forms of entertainment. After lots of rag c o l l e c t i n g i n h i s f i r s t y e a r , fie became c h a i r m a n of the T i z a r d Hall Entertainments Committee In h i s the following year. third y e a r he w a s the C a r n i v a l C o o r d i n a t o r and a l s o o r g a n i s e d the successful revival of M i n e s R e v u e . J o h n h a s been a member of D r a m s o c e v e r s i n c e he f i r s t came here and i s t h i s y e a r a p p e a r i n g in the Christmas production of " T h e C a p t a i n of K o p e n i c k " . H i s final year s a w him successfully complete his degree c o u r s e . w i t h a ' 2 . 1 ' a n d , more s i g n i f i c a n t l y , he stormed home in tbe IC Union e l e c t i o n s gaining over 6 5 % of the v o t e s c a s t to become the S a b b a t i c a l H o n .

Secretary of the U n i o n f o r " this session. J o h n a p p e a r s to be q u i t e " by the dizzy unaffected " h e i g h t s ' ' commonly a s s o c i a t e d with the post. When he s p e a k s , he i s q u i t e open and genuine, not graspingly c a u t i o u s s o a s to appear to be g i v i n g n o t h i n g a w a y . H i s frankness and impish sense of humour w h i c h k e e p s the Union office buzzing merrily ensures that the p o s e is neither contrived nor pretentious. What achieve Sec?

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" I w o u l d j u s t l i k e to s e e a lot more p e o p l e a w a r e of the Union really. Most of the s t u d e n t s here u s e the U n i o n and yet a lot of them seem not to be a w a r e of It. T h e y seem to t a k e it for granted a n d that's a p i t y " . Do too

you large?

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(Long p a u s e for s e r i o u s thought). " N o t too b i g , rather more too i n e f f i c i e n t . I t h i n k it could function perfectly w e l l if the d e d i c a t i o n w a s there from a l l i t s m e m b e r s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , I w o u l d n ' t want to s e e it any b i g g e r , " What NUS?

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a p p e a r to c a t e r for the w e l f a r e of s t u d e n t s a s w e l l a s it m i g h t . F o r many IC s t u d e n t s . It i s o n l y t h e N U S ' s p o l i t i c a l w i n g that they s e e and s o they tend to regard t h e N U S services such as Endsleigh with suspicion. Personally, I get the i m p r e s s i o n that the N U S i s j u s t a m a c h i n e for

p o l i t i c o e s at the m o m e n t . " Would demo?

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The last " M u t t e r s " w a s a j o k e a r t i c l e . I w o u l d not be s u p r i s e d to f i n d t h i s under 'Cross-country' or 'Rugby', (very f u n n y - E d . ) , but here goes:-

Floor reps L a s t M u t t e r s , I went into raptures o v e r the r o l e s t h e s e people play. The Editor o b v i o u s l y f e e l s that a n o n y m i t y i s t h e i r strong p o i n t , a s he refused to, print the n a m e s . ( A c o m p l e t e o v e r s i g h t ; honest — E d . ) S o , for the s e c o n d time of a s k i n g , the floor reps a r e : Steve K i m m i n s Physics 3 Nick Payne E r i c a Graham Martin K e s s l e r Physics PG B i l l Gerrard MetallurgyPG Anne P i c k a r d Civ Eng 3

Formal Dinners T h e U n i o n , a n d come to that, the C o l l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s , seem to be u n c l e a r a s to whether formal d o ' s are V A T a b l e . We h a v e now come to the u n d e r s t a n d i n g that formal d i n n e r s at w h i c h no e n t e r t a i n ments (ie c a b a r e t , b a n d , d i s c o , etc) are p r o v i d e d , are exempt from V A T . O t h e r w i s e , V A T w i l l be c h a r g e d . I hope the s i t u a t i o n i s now c l e a r e r .

Haldane Library T h e U n i o n h a s t h i s term bought 6 4 pop r e c o r d s a n d 31 books. A complete list is a v a i l a b l e from y o u r s t r u l y . L e t me r e i t e r a t e that to get a p a r t i c u l a r r e c o r d or book into the s t o c k , y o u c a n f i l l i n a

suggestion form in the L i b r a r y . A b o u t 6 0 % of t h e r e c o r d s bought, for e x a m p l e , are bought " o n s u g g e s t i o n " . In a d d i t i o n , h a s a n y o n e e l s e noticed the S a d d l e r s Wells student r e d u c t i o n s a d v e r t i s e d in t h e r e c o r d l i b r a r y ? G o i n g t o the opera for 50p c a n ' t be bad — for more d e t a i l s , g o to the L i b r a r y . Mutters has landed — nothing else needs to be s a i d , s o au r e v o i r .

John Downs WANTED A place to l i v e in near College. Any reasonable price paid. Contact Nigel Harrison, Chem Eng 3 .

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T H E P H E N O M E N O N of " A f r o - r o c k " , a s it i s known t o d a y , f i r s t a p p e a r e d on ,the British music scene around 1969/70 w h e n a large amount of i n t e r e s t w a s g e n e r a t e d by a s u d d e n w a v e of A f r i c a n and West Indian b a n d s w h o a p p e a r e d from nowhere and presented their audiences with a new, energetic s o u n d to get s t u c k i n t o . T h e -vibes went out and the r i p p l e s s p r e a d a s t h e s e i n f e c t i o u s rhythms and time — s i g n a t u r e s , centuries formed the that h a v e for m u s i o a l h e r i t a g e of the A f r i c a n c o n t i n e n t , took h o l d and began to m ake t h e i r i m po r t anc e felt on the c o l l e g e ' and c l u b c i r c u i t s . T h i s i n n a t e a b i l i t y of l a t c h i n g onto a beat and i m p r o v i s i n g , at any speed, w i t h i n its confines seems to f l o w through the v e i n s of black musicians. Many bands (Assagai, Jabula, Noir) d e r i v e d their 'sound' from the b a s i c A f r o - r h y t h m s , but a l w a y s present w a s one c e n t r a l o u t f i t , h e a d a n d s h o u l d e r a b o v e the r e s t , p r o v i d i n g t h e d i r e c t i o n and s t i m u l u s that the o t h e r s f o l l o w e d . T h e band w a s O s i b i s a . When they s t a r t e d out, the members w e r e unknown o u t s i d e of West A f r i c a , but from the b e g i n n i n g they p a v e d the way, remai ned the innovators and added s u b t l e Western i n f l u e n c e s to t h e i r instinctive abilities. Throughou t t h e i r c a r e e r they h a v e remai ned f a i t h f u l to the o r i g i n a l ' s o u n d ' w h i l e the r e s t h a v e d i s b a n d e d or been s u c k e d into other l e s s - d e m a n d i n g a r e a s of m u s i c . T e d d y O s e i (tenor 6 a x , f l u t e , p e r c u s s i o n and father to the b a n d ' s f a m i l y ) c a m e o v e r to B r i t a i n in 1969 w i t h h i s brother Mac Tontoh (trumpet, Fluegelhorn, p e r c u s s i o n ) , Sol A m a r f i o - " t h e R h y t h m m a n " - (drums), and a friend L o u g h t y L a s i s i Amao (Tenor sam, baritone s a x , cong as) because of the restrictive music scene in G h a n a . . Onto this f o u n d a t i o n they r e c r u i t e d R o b e r t B a i l e y (keyboards), Wendell Richardson (a fine g u i t a r i s t ) , a n d , s p u r t a u i s R , on b a s s , c o m p l e t e d the l i n e u p for " t h e b e a u t i f u l seven". T h e i r m u s i c at f i r s t c o n s i s t e d of roots - i n s p i r e d p e r c u s s i v e jamboress, w i t h A m a r t i o the p o w e r h o u s e t i m e k e e p e r b e h i n d the beat, a n d the w e l l c o - o r d i n a t e d b r a s s t r i o p l a y i n g the m a i n melody in u n i s o n . A n y g a p s w e r e s o o n f i l l e d w i t h l a y e r s of g u i t a r and o r g a n , w h i l s t

w h i c h s o u n d e d a s if it had been c o m p l e t e d to honour a c o n t r a c t and n o . m o r e . T h e f i l m w a s n ' t much c o p e i t h e r .

and e s t a b l i s h e d both s u p r e m a c y i n t h e A f r i c a n rhythm f i e l d , a n d t h e m u s i c ' s p o p u l a r i t y . T h i s L P had i t s f a i r s h a r e of gems but t h e i r r e a l t e s t , a s u s u a l , came w i t h the r e l e a s e of the f o l l o w - u p "Woyaya" i n t h e s a m e y e a r . It t u r n e d out to be a tour-de-force a n d p r o b a b l y r e m a i n s t h e i r most i m p r e s s i v e effort, w i t h the d e l i c a t e m o o d s of "Beautiful seven", the expertly jazz-finged "Y-sharp", and R a h s a a n R o l a n d K i r k ' s "Spirits

above",

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t r a c k s . H e r e t h e s i m p l e raw e n e r g y and i m m e d i a t i a c y of -the f i r s t a l b u m h a d been b r o a d e n e d in s c o p e a n d v a r i e t y by the b l o s s o m i n g of R i c h a r d s o n a n d the increased confidence of Bailey to i m p r o v i s e , a l l i e d to s u p e r i o r s o n g w r i t i n g . T h e i r p r o g r e s s i o n c o n t i n u e d i n t o the 3rd a l b u m "Heads", but, b y t h i s t i m e , t h e i n i t i a l i m p a c t of t h e r h y t h m s w a s b e g i n n i n g to d i e d o w n , a n d w i t h the bands popularity s l o w l y fading, internal disagreements showed themselves for T h e s e three albums the f i r s t time. remain t h e i r best t o d a t e .

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T h e r e v i t a l i s a t i o n of O s i b i s a came w i t h a move to Warners b r o s . in that y e a r , w h i c h r e s u l t e d in the enjoyable " H a p p y C h i l d r e n " a l b u m and the rather a v e r a g e "Osibirock" in ' 7 4 , the latter t e n d i n g a b i t too c l o s e t o w a r d s the ' p o p ' s i d e of the market to be r e w a r d i n g . Nevertheless, it w a s f o l l o w e d by the excellent c o m p i l a t i o n , "The best of Osibisa" w h i c h c o u l d be q u i t e a n e a r opener if your c o l l e c t i o n at home i s devoid of their m a t e r i a l . With the e x c e p t i o n of the new one "Welcome Home" w h i c h s h o u l d be r e l e a s e d on N o v 2 8 t h , that b r i n g s the band r e c o r d w i s e up to the p r e s e n t . Their main problem, as with so many b a n d s , h a s a l w a y s been to re-create on record what they a c h i e v e l i v e on s t a g e . T h e r e they p o s s e s s a c ar e - f r ee j o i e - d e - v i v r e that m a k e s some of the ' ' money-and-bus I n e s s - i s - a l I'' mental i ty trivial by of European bands seem c o m p a r i s o n a n d w h e n O s i b i s a t a k e to the b o a r d s , they rant, they r a v e , but, a b o v e a l l , they enjoy t h e m s e l v e s — not by e n d l e s s l y e x h o r t i n g the a u d i e n c e to "Paaa-r-t-eee" as is currently the o b s e s s i o n w i t h the h o r d e s of A m e r i c a n s u b - d i s c o fodder that four t h e s e i s l e s ,

T h e next y e a r or s o w a s a time of left, change in which Spartacus R f o l l o w e d by R i c h a r d s o n , (now b a c k w i t h them) a n d then A m a o (at p r e s e n t w i t h z z e b r a ) . In ' 7 3 the b a n d k n o c k e d out a rather u n i n s p i r e d s o u n d t r a c k L P for "Superfly TNT" w i t h new members J e a n Mandengue (bass), Koti Ayivor ( p e r c u s s i o n ) and G o r d o n H u n t e ( g u i t a r ) , Teddy

Osei and Mac

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T h a t ' s what t h e y ' r e c a p a b l e of, s o if y o u ' r e not b u s y t h i s S a t u r d a y (29th), make u s e of y o u r IC p r i v i l e g e s and fork out the 120p n e c e s s a r y . Y o u s h o u l d n ' t regret i t . O s i b i s a h a v e come a long way s i n c e t h e i r i n c e p t i o n w i t h the h y p n o t i c c h a n t s s u n g out o v e r a c o n s t a n t b a c k g r o u n d of chattering percussion. Constantly w o r k i n g on the r o a d , t h e y ' v e had t h e i r ups and d o w n s but a number of t h i n g s remain u n c h a n g e d . T h e three o r i g i n a l s Osei, Tontoh and A m a r f i o are still there, l o o k i n g after b u s i n e s s and s o are the b a t t e r i e s of hand-drums and t a l k ing-drums, c o n g a s and t i m b a l e s that form t h e e s s e n c e of t h e i r m u s i c . H o p e f u l l y the new album w i l l c a p t u r e that e s s e n c e o n c e more. So, from the group that r e f r e s h e s the parts other b a n d s c a n n o t r e a c h — "crisscross

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Enjoy them! J u d g i n g from l a s t S u n d a y ' s c o n c e t at the D e L a Warr in B e x h i l l the group seem to be stronger than e v e r m u s i c a l l y , p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h the r e c e nt return of guitarist Wendell Richardson, who together w i t h t h e i r e x c i t i n g keyboards p l a y e r , add a new d i m e n s i o n to O s i b i s a . S t a r t i n g w i t h the f a m i l i a r ' D a w n ' , they p r o c e e d e d to p l a y m a t e r i a l from t h e i r new a l b u m , ' W e l c o m e H o m e ' , w h i c h s o u n d s a s if it c o u l d be t h e i r best s i n c e their i n i t i a l outing ' O s i b i s a ' . T h e new s i n g l e ' S u n s h i n e D a y ' , i s more c o m m e r c i a l than t h e i r other chart attempts (and h a s more m u s i c a l depth), the s o n g l e a n i n g more t o w a r d s a L a t i n A m e r i c a n i n s p i r a t i o n rather than t h e i r African roots. T h i s was followed by another new t u n e , ' S e a s i d e M e d i t a t i o n ' , w h i c h d i s p l a y e d the more i n s t r u m e n t a l s i d e of t h e i r m u s i c r e m i n i c e n t of ' W h y ' from t h e i r l a s t a l b u m , ' O s i b i r o c k ' . A f t e r an e x c i t i n g ' p e r c u s s i v e w o r k o u t ' s h o w i n g a l l the s u b t l e t i e s and c o m p l e x i t i e s of t h e i r r y t h m s , they p l a y e d numbers from their previous albums. These included 'Fire', 'Osibisa' and of piece de resistance, course their ' M u s i c for G o n g G o n g ' In w h i c h R i c h a r d s o n s h o w e d what fine work he i s c a p a b l e of. Throughou t t hey d i s p l a y e d great humour which has always been a c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of t h e i r s e t . As mentioned before, t hey are Hall appearing here In the Great tomorrow a n d w e h a v e been p r o m i s e d a very s p e c i a l c o n c e r t so see y o u there!

Spartacus R, as A m a r f i o ' s right-hand man, pumped the beat a l o n g at one moment, and the n e x t r e l a x e d into a softer mood w h e r e flute or the s h i m m e r i n g p e r c u s s i v e i n s t r u m e n t s had t h e i r s o l o s h i g h l i g h t e d . A t that t i m e comparable competition was negligible and the first

but by performing t h e i r own brand of s p o n t a n e o u s c o m b u s t i o n . If y o u d o n ' t enjoy y o u r s e l f w h e n t h e y ' r e p l a y i n g , i t ' s your l o s s , but u n l e s s y o u r m e t a b o l i s m t e n d s t o w a r d s the i c e - b l o c k , good bodym u s i c w i l l a l w a y s h a v e i t s e f f e c t , and h a l f - w a y through a s e t t h i s mob c a n turn on some s t o r n i n g s t u f f . T h e y w e r e on at the R o u n d h o u s e l a s t y e a r w i t h . G o u z a l i z a n d k o k o n i o (two a c e b a n d s w e l l worth c h e c k i n g out) and a l t h o u g h they d i d n ' t appear to be f i r i n g on a l l cylinders, the audience were going b a n a n a s a l l o v e r the p l a c e .

Gong"

q u i c k l y found i t s e l f in the c h a r t s . In 1971 they s i g n e d a f i v e - y e a r c o n t r a c t w i t h M C A find s o o n a f t e r w a r d s , the first album "Osibisa", aided and abetted b y . s o m e i m a g i n a t i v e c o v e r - w o r k well-received from R o g e r D e a n , w a s Wendell

Richardson

Kofi

Ayivor

mix

Reviews

Concerts

George Melly/Burlesque (Great Hall)

Ian Morse

H o w c a n y o u e x p l a i n the phenomenon that i s G e o r g e M e l l y ? I m e a n , on the f a c e of i t , how the h e l l c a n an o v e r l a r g e , very E n g l i s h m i d d l e - c l a s s , e x public school ponce get away with s i n g i n g the blues without making a complete dildo of himself? Perhaps the r e a s o n l i e s in the w a y he i n t e r p r e t e s the s o n g s s o that they fit go w e l l w i t h h i s p e r s o n a ; in no way d o e s he try to a u t h e n t i c a t e the b l u e s w i t h the t w e n t i e s and t h i r t i e s i d i o m that s p a w n e d t h e m . T h i s , coupled with what seemingly is an inborn gift to be a n a t u r a l l y e c c e n t r i c performer, i s w h y he h a s been a c c e p t e d by j a z z a u d i e n c e ' s throughout the y e a r s s i n c e h i s o r i g i n a l e x c u r s i o n s fronting the M i c k M u l l i g a n band of the f i f t i e s .

M u c h of the r e p e r t o i r e d e a l t w i t h the h e d o n i s t i c p u r s u i t s he h a s e n c o u n t e r e d d u r i n g h i s not s o s h e l t e r e d l i f e , the sort of e x p e r i e n c e s that c r o p up time a n d a g a i n in h i s frank and often h i l a r i o u s a u t o b i o g r a p h y , 'Owning up'. A m o n g the many h i g h l i g h t s of h i s 'Get s e t w e r e the E t h e l W a l t e r s ' S o n g ,

A f t e r a short i n s t r u m e n t a l i n t r o d u c t i o n by the Feetwarmers (John Chilton trumpet, Colin Bates piano, Chuck Smith drums and B a r r y D y l a n b a s s ) . Melly came on stage to rapturous a p p l a u s e and w a s straight into h i s s i g n a t u r e tune ' G o o d Time George', a s o n g that j u s t about s u m s up h i s a c t .

up off your knees daddy, you can't win back that way' (particularly enme l i g h t e n i n g ) and 'My Canary has circles

under its eyes'. D u r i n g the act he went to great l e n g t h s to w i d e n the i n t e r e s t in the l y r i c s w i t h h i s h u m o u r o u s i n t r o d u c t i o n s and a n e c d o t e s , w h i c h e n t i c e on to I i s t e n to t h e often b r i 11 iant i nterpretat i o n s . T o w a r d s the end of h i s performance the a u d i e n c e , e n c o u r a g e d by a s e c t i o n of M e l l y ' s s e e m i n g l y c u l t i s t f o l l o w i n g , j o i n e d in the c h o r u s of the w e l l k n o w n 'Nuts'

and

the

'Lobster

Song'which

c o n t a i n s a rather dry l i n e c o n c e r n i n g the parts of a m a l e anatomy that beer sometimes reaches. A l t h o u g h t h e i r s e t w a s not up to par w i t h the performance they g a v e in

the U n i o n R e f e c t o r y l a s t month, B u r l e s q u e s h o w e d that they are far better than the present s t a t i o n they f i n d t h e m s e l v e s (ie p l a y i n g the p u b / s m a l l c l u b c i r c u i t . ) T o a c e r t a i n d e g r e e the band seem to be g e t t i n g a w ay from t h e i r previous i n c l i n a t i o n toward the m u s i c a l i n s p i r a t i o n of F r a n k Z a p p a , a l t h o u g h the p r e s e n c e of the m a n ' s work i s s t i l l to be heard e s p e c i a l l y w i t h t h e i r v a r i a t i o n of Z a p p a ' s 'Be Bop Tango', where Burlesque i n v i t e the a u d i e n c e to p a r t i c i p a t e in manic versions of the dance. The band display fine musicianship particularly the electric pianist and l u n a t i c g u i t a r i s t , who i s a true s h o w m a n . were Among the selections played 'Gorrilla

Crunch!,

'Lana

Turner',

'Acupuncture' and the o l d S a f a r i e s number, 'Wipe Out'. They were s u p r i s i n g l y well received, and a s a r e s u l t the Ents Committee will probably book them a g a i n next term. ( F o r a f u l l e r review of what they are about see F E L I X 400.)

Records Joe Pass (At Montreaux '75) - (Pablo) T h e f i r s t time I saw h i m . J o e P a s s w a s b e i n g i n c o n s p i c u o u s in a Beeb—2 E l l a F i t z g e r a l d " i n c o n c e r t " programme and what s t r u c k me w a s h i s e c o n o m i c a l p l a y i n g a n d h i s m a s t e r f u l l a c k of h a i r . T h i s l a t t e r a s p e c t of J o e P a s s i s not too e v i d e n t on the a l b u m , yet the s m o o t h , modes t approach to his guitar — t e c h n i q u e h a s r e m a i n e d the f o u n d a t i o n of h i s s o u n d . S e n s i b l y e n o u g h , he o p e n s w i t h a t r a c k that a l l but the most l e a d e n — eared w i l l have heard — Stevie Wonder's " Y o u are the S u n s h i n e of My L i f e " , t h a n k f u l l y w i t h o u t the armada of " F u n k y Clauinets" that even Des O'Connor p r o b a b l y u s e s by n o w . T h e i n t r o d u c t i o n s o v e r , he t h e n m o v e s i n t o a number of h i s o w n c o m p o s i t i o n s and j a z z s t a n d a r d s , w h i c h are p l a y e d w i t h d e l i c a t e r e s p e c t to what i s p r e s u m a b l y , by t h e i r h u s h e d s i l e n c e , a knowledgeable jazz audience. His musical ability is beyond q u e s t i o n ' yet to " l i s t e n " throughout both s i d e s of t h i s a l b u m and r e m a i n interested and appreciative Of the s l i g h t v a r i a t i o n s a s e a s h new t r a c k a p p e a r s , i s s o m e t h i n g for the c o m m i t t e d g u i t a r e n t h u s i a s t a n d , due to the l a c k of any accompaniment, the numbers s o o n b e g i n to s o u n d o m i n o u s l y s i m i l a r . H i s t a l e n t might w e l l be better s h o w c a s e d w i t h i n the c o n t e x t of a band w h i c h c o u l d s u p p l y the n e c e s s a r y v a r i e t y , for after a w h i l e , the ' s a m e n e s s ' of the p l a y i n g t u r n s to t e d i u m — the s a m e t o n e s , the s a m e p r o g r e s s i o n s , the s a m e limitations. Imagine Keith Emerson r e s t r i c t e d to a c o u s t i c p i a n o , w i t h no accompaniment, no v o c a l s , no m u l t i t r a c k i n g , and you might get a f a i r i d e a of how J o e P a § s c o m e s a c r o s s h e r e . H a r d l y the aural s e n s e s .

stuff

scrabble

your

Dr Feelgood - Malpractice (UA) T h i s L P i s " r a w " , t h e r e ' s not a s p o t of r e s t r a i n t in s i q h t , a s the F e e l g o o d s fight a n d k i c k w i t h t h e i r i n t e n t i o n ally devastating battering-ram of r ' n b r o c k and r o l l . If you h a v e n ' t got t h e H i f i wound up a s far a s it w i l l go

before the k n o b s start f a l l i n g off and t h e s p e a k e r s s t a r t j u m p i n g out of t h e i r mountings, then you've missed the message. Ideal stuff to get the e s p saturated heavies r o c k i n ' their e y e l i d s at the next s t o m p . With e f f e c t i v e n e s s b a s e d on s h e e r power and s i m p l i c i t y — you w o n ' t get c o n f u s e d by the time c h a n g e s ' c o s there aren't any since the drummer only k n o w s one rudimentary beat and h e ' s s t i c k i n g to it w i t h c l e n c h e d t e e t h . A n y w a y , if S t a t u s Q u o c a n get away w i t h i t , w h o ' s to s t o p the K i n d l y D o c t o r .

had to offer. N o w he m a n g l e s a L e n n o n —Macartney composition by knocking out t h i s s o u l — c l i c h e d m o r a s s of c o n g a p l a y e r s g a l o r e , c u t i e cutLe b a c k g r o u n d v o c a l s , s u b h u m a n grunts et al - N o w a y , Danno. H i s .appearance on T O T P a w h i l e b a c k a d e q u a t e l y c o n f i r m e d a l l the aforementioned a s s u m p t i o n s . S o r r y , but the n i c e s t t h i n g I c a n s a y i s that the B - s i d e w o u l d be l i s t e n a b l e if it w e r e n ' t for the s i n g e r .

Hie

Be—Dop Deluxe — Axe Victim (Harvest)

The Law, Language and

T h i s i s the f i r s t a l b u m from B e b o p D e l u x , w h i c h h a s s i n c e been followed by " F u t u r a m a " , a n d s o o n the new one " S u n b u r s t F i n i s h e d " w i l l be c o m p l e t e d . T h e band c o m p l e t e l y r e v o l v e s a r o u n d one member a n d one i n s t r u m e n t , B i l l N e l s o n a n d the l e a d g u i t a r b e i n g t h o s e in q u e s t i o n . C o m b i n e d they c a n p r o d u c e s o m e pretty neat stuff, and a l t h o u g h he s e e m s to h a v e f a l l e n into the B o w i e / H a r l e y / H u n t e r w a s t e d - l a n d a s far a s l y r i c a l and v o c a l a p p r o a c h i s c o n c e r n e d , the r a i s o n d ' e t r e of a l l t h i s b e c o m e s e v i d e n t when the c h o r d s a n d runs start to f l y from the s i l v e r s t r i n g s . With h i s a b i l i t y there i s no need at a l l for the m a s c a r a m a s q u e r a c k and the c a m p pret t y- boy v o c a l s — s o u n n e c e s s a r y . If your p e n c h a n t i s r a c y , i n v e n t i v e l e a d g u i t a r . B i l l N e l s o n m e r i t s a l i s t e n and if he got a better band b e h i n d h i m and d r o p p e d the p o s e u r r u b b i s h , a t r u l y topflight artist c o u l d emerge. " N o t r a i n s to h e a v e n " exemplifies what this band's about virtuoso fretboard work s u r r r o u n d i n g an a d e q u a t e s o n g w h i c h b e c o m e s transformed into a thoroughly l i s t e n a b l e , punchy 3 minutes, if he c a n keep the happy c a m p e r s at bay w i t h t i me h e ' l l cut the i m i t a t o r s l i k e T r o w e r to s h r e d s .

Lenny Bruce (Phil Spector)

Chris Farlowe -

"We can work it

out"

(Poldyor) Never did l i k e C h r i s F a r l o w e . Thought he buggered up C o l l o s s e u m and d e t r a c t e d from the l i t t l e that A t o m i c Rooster

With the r e l e a s e of the long awaited Lenny Bruce film starring D u s t i n H o f f m a n , the r e c o r d market h a s not s u p r i s i n g l y been f l o o d e d w i t h m a t e r i a l by the l a t e master of s a t e r i c a l w i t . So far w e ' v e h a d at l e a s t f i v e a l b u m s r e c o r d e d at v a r i o u s s t a g e s of the m a n s short and t r a g i c c a r e e r . T h i s particular album was recorded for p r o s p e r i t y by P h i l S p e c t o r at an u n s t a t e d night c l u b , a n d i s t a k e n from the p e r i o d in h i s l i f e when B r u c e w a s s t i l l w o u n d up In h i s m u l t i p l e b a t t l e s with h i s legal persecutors. Although u s i n g h i s p e r s o n a l s i t u a t i o n to great a d v a n t a g e w l t h h l s b r i l l i a n t p a r o d i e s of judicial system, his obsession with his t r i a l s tend t o o c c a s i o n a l l y border on boredom. O t h e r s e l e c t i o n s I n c l u d e d o n the album deal with familiar Bruce references to A m e r i c a n s e x u a l h a b i t s , r e l i g i o n a n d r a c e . A s s o often h a p p e n s w h e n a r e v i v a l of i n t e r e s t in a p a r t i c u l a r a r t i s t Is In f u l l s w i n g one must s o r t out d e s h e e t from de s u g a r a s it w e r e . F o r me, t h i s a l b u m o c c a s i o n a l l y f a l l s short o f . t h e T a t e a n d L y l e b a g . A n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d in f i n d i n g w h y B r u c e w a s s u c h a m a s t e r of i r r e v e r e n c e c o u l d do no better t h a n t o l i s t e n to h i s e p i c C a r n e g i e H a l l c o n c e r t , a v a i l a b l e on United A r t i s t s . . ,.

Ian Morse

FILIX

The 19th London F i l m Festival "Welfare" (USA 1975. D i r . F r e d e r i c k Wiseman) F o r m e r l y a p r o f e s s o r of law at B o s t o n , w i s e m a n began m a k i n g d o c u m e n t a r i e s on A m e r i c a n i n s t i t u t i o n s and o r g a n i s a t i o n s d u r i n g the m i d - 6 0 ' s i n c l u d i n g , to d a t e , a high s c h o o l , a h o s p i t a l , an army b a s e , a p o l i c e s t a t i o n and a p r i v a t e r e s e a r c h c e n t r e . R a r e l y s e e n in t h i s c o u n t r y but widely s h o w n on T V and round the c o l l e g e c i r c u i t s in the U S A he c r e a t e d a new c o n c e p t in documentar y f i l m m a k i n g - no c o m m e n t a r y , t a l k o v e r or l e a d i n g q u e s t i o n s from an i n t e r v i e w e r — j u s t a p h o t o g r a p h i c record o f what he terms ' n o r m a l c y ' . C o m p l e t e l y o b l i v i o u s to the c a m e r a , ' n o r m a l c y ' often t urns out t o be far more b i z a r r e than a n y t h i n g else. A f t e r h i s l a s t f i l m "Prinate" (which u n f o r t u n a t e l y had the i n t r i n s i c b i a s of b e i n g man a g a i n s t m o n k e y ) , "Welfare" t a k e s a long look at the i n t r i c a c i e s of the A m e r i c a n w e l f a r e s y s t e m .

("The

Bullet

2nd

Train"

and

4th

Dec.)

and the c o n t r o v e r s i a l and b i z a r r e (not to mention b a n n e d ) "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" ( D e c 6th — members o n l y ) . A l s o s h o w i n g are s e v e r a l i n t e r n a t i o n a l selectious Best

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"The

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(10th

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Festival Best

" F e a r of Fear" (West G e r m a n y , 1 9 7 5 . D i r R a l n e r W e i n e r . Fassbinder)

"The

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29th/30th

Cracow"

with

(6th

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"Winstanley" (Great B r i t a i n , 1 9 7 5 . D i r . K e v i n B r o w n l o w , Andre Mollo) The opening f i l m of the festival " W i n s t a n l e y " t e l l s the s u r p r i s i n g s t o r y of what w a s p r o b a b l y the w o r l d ' s f i r s t commune based on a communist p h i l o s o p h y , set up in 1649 on G e o r g e ' s H i l l , Surrey i r o n i c a l l y a s i g h t now o c c u p i e d by the s t o c k b r o k e r b e l t . T a k e n from the n o v e l 'Comrade Jacob' by D a v i d C a n t e and the w r i t i n g s of Gerrard • Winstanley, a Cromwellian s o l d i e r a n d founder of the c o m m u n e , the f i l m b r i n g s out many of the p r o b l e m s impl i c i t " in a c o m m u n i s t p h i l o s o p h y , not least a p p l i e d problems such as s e l f sufficiency, s t i l l r e l e v a n t today over 300 years later. Following a great revolution as it d i d the settlement d i d not f a c e i n s t a n t a n n i h i l a t i o n a s it might h a v e done a few y e a r s e a r l i e r (or today) but w ^ s g i v e n a c h a n c e by the p o w e r s on h i g h (then L o r d G e n e r a l F a i r f a x ) o n l y to be w o u n d e d and d e s t r o y e d by the l o c a l L o r d of the M a n o r / p a s t o r and h i s ' m i d d l e - c l a s s ' c r o n i e s . T h e o p e n i n g b a t t l e s c e n e — in the d i r e c t o r ' s w o r d s l i k e " a 17th c e n t u r y movietone n e w s ! " , e f f e c t i v e l y c u t to the P r o k o f i e r m u s i c for E i s e n s t e i n ' s b a t t l e on the i c e A l e x a n d a r N e v s k y u s e s real armour (since replicas would be too expensive!) and s e t s a s t a n d a r d of fastidious, if somewhat unnoticed at time, a t t e n t i o n to d e t a i l n e c e s s i t a t i n g dismantling an ancient dam and t r a n s p o r t i n g it from E s s e x to S u r r e y ;

" T h e Emigma of Kaspar Hauser" (each Man for H i m s e l f and G o d A g a i n s t AH) (West G e r m a n y , 1 9 7 4 . D i r . We r er H e r z o g ) Amazing! Y o u must s e e it! (Now s h o w i n g at the P a r i s P a l l m a n — c h e a p n i g h t s for s t u d e n t s M o n d a y s a n d T u e s d a y s 7 5 p , or, if you want to be o b s c u r e at the new P h o e n i x , E a s t F i n c h l e y )

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r e c e n t l y s h o w n on T V , the f e s t i v a l i s s h o w i n g a l l three of h i s 1 9 7 5 p r o d u c t i o n s . "Fox" (a c r u e l t a l e of homosexuality) will soon be r e l e a s e d at the Gate c i n e m a w h i l s t the f a t e of the other

D e c . ) are s t i l l to c o m e . Anyone who would like further i n f o r m a t i o n s h o u l d see the f u l l programme i n the F E L I X o f f i c e .

A l t h o u g h v a s t l y more c o m p l e x t h a n the B r i t i s h s y s t e m ( C a t c h —22 r e g u l a t i o n s in h i e r o g l y p h i c s ! ) t h i s i s p e r h a p s the most r e l e v a n t to us of W i s e m a n ' s f i l m s , particularly in view of our rising u n e m p l o y m e n t . C l i e n t s at the W a v e r e l y C e n t r e in N e w Y o r k i n c l u d e the j o b l e s s , homeless, e l d e r l y and hungry from a w i d e c r o s s - s e c t i o n . of the c i t y ' s poor, both b l a c k and w h i t e — a fact that s u r p r i s e s many A m e r i c a n s apparently under the i m p r e s s i o n that the w e l f a r e system is a black institution. Any c/nicisms one might have that the clients are 'trying it o n ' are soon d i s p e l l e d as Wiseman follows several c a s e h i s t o r i e s c o m i n g b a c k to them; a g a i n and a g a i n for long p e r i o d s of time (the f i l m i s o v e r 2V* h o u r s l o n g ! ) , day after day a s the c l i e n t s are s h u t t l e d from one room to a n o t h e r c l u t c h i n g a fistful of forms, e n d l e s s l y repeating t h e m s e l v e s in a f u t i l e attempt to make themselves u n d e r s t o o d . But the c a s e w o r k e r s , s o m e t i m e s c u t t i n g - through the red-tape in t h e i r q u e s t for the f a c t s , are not the o r g e s that they a p p e a r to be to the c l i e n t s ; a s f a c t s get m i s l a i d , forms l o s t and c l i e n t s more ' p a r a n o i d ' we f i n a l l y s e e tempers fray and r e a l i s e that c a s e w o r k e r s and c l i e n t s are v i c t i m s of a m o n s t r o u s and inhuman s y s t e m .

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m a n u f a c t u r e of 150 fifteen foot p i k e s a n d p e a s a n t s ' boots c o p i e d from o n e of the few p a i r s s t i l l e x i s t i n g ; c h i c k e n s from Rare Breeding Birds Society; i n t e r i o r s shot in 17th c e n t u r y C h a s t l e t o n H o u s e c o n t a i n i n g o r i g i n a l furniture a n d t a p e s t r i e s and court s c e n e s from the o l d e s t a c t i v e court h o u s e in the c o u n t r y at Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Even the s o u n d t r a c k had to be re-recorded for the e x t e r i o r s h o t s (due to the p r o x i m i t y of the H e a t h r o w f l i g h t path) and an Ornithologist d e t a i l e d to p i c k out any unoriginal birds. A pity t h e n , that a f t e r , a l l t h i s , the s t a r v i n g peasants look l e s s t h a n c o n v i n c i n g .

F r o m N o v 17th to Sunda y D e c 6th L o n d o n i s h o s t to what i s often ref erred to as the ' F e s t i v a l of F e s t i v a l s ' w i t h 59 feature f i l m s ( p l u s many shorts) from 29 c o u n t r i e s i n c l u d i n g the G r a n d . e v e r y major film Prize w i n n e r from f e s t i v a l h e l d d u r i n g the p a s t 12 m o n t h s . D o c u m e n t a r y f i l m s are w e l l r e p r e s e n t e d (see "Welfare" r e v i e w e d b e l o w ) but the range i s w i d e ; f i l m s s t i l l to be s h o w n include 'Sophisticated Kung-Fu' from H o n g K o n g ("-4 Touch of Zen" l s t and 3rd D e c ) , A J a p a n e s e d i s a s t e r m o v i e

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by Christophec Cuthbertson Imperial College BY O N E O'CLOCK fifteen players were assembled and contemplating fourteen kits. John Thomas had employed the morning rag-collecting and h a d c o n t r i v e d to g e t h i s kit locked in the R S C U ni on office. A s c r a m b l e ensues.'. S e c u r i t y g u a r d s w e r e found arid then l o s t a g a i n , a n d a l l to no a v a i l , t h e U n i o n o f f i c e remaining stubbornly locked. We s e t off. J o h n w a s h u s t l e d on to the coach wearing h i s lab coat, s t i l l c l u t c h i n g h i s c o l l e c t i n g c a n and c o l l e c t i n g o n l y s h o r t c h a n g e from t h e r e s t of t h e t e a m .

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at Ealing's We arrived ground a n d d i s m i s s e d our coach, only to discover f i v e m i n u t e s later that w e were in t h e wrong p l a c e a n d neede d it b a d l y . However, improvised transport was s o o n r u s t l e d up i n t h e s h a p e of S t a n N i c h o l ' s e x c e e d i n g l y s m a l l v a n into w h i c h umpteen players and the supporters club were crammed. A twenty-minute, breathtaking r a c e through E a l i n g left u s no s h a p e to do a n y t h i n g , let a l o n e p l a y rugby. A - s p r i n t through the park, a rapid change, and we were o n t h e p i t c h by three o ' c l o c k : but t h e r e w a s no s i g n of t h e o p p o s i t i o n . T h e y s o o n turned up a n d t h e game c o m m e n c e d , the A ' s p l a y i n g w i t h t h e i r b a c k s to t h e s e t t i n g s u n . It w a s s o o n apparent that it w a s g o i n g to be a tough game. T h e A ' s started w e l l , s c o r i n g an e x c e l l e n t t ry in the f i r st few m i n u t e s . T h e b a l l went d o w n tone b a c k s , Chris Becque taking a d i f f i c u l t p a s s a n d f e e d i n g out

to J i m P i t c h e r who ran in the try from a good thirty y a r d s o u t . E a l i n g w e r e much stronger i n t h e p a c k , a n d i n our e a g e r n e s s to o v e r c o m e that, we gave away a penalty (or, at l e a s t , t h e referee a w a r d e d a p e n a l t y i n front of our p o s t s . It w a s c o n v e r t e d . The A ' s came back and shortly before half time scored a second try. Steve Braund<. broke through anc fed t h e b a l l t o R i c h J e n n e r who scored. That put t h e A ' s 8 . 3 up at h a l f t i m e . Unfortunately, overconfidence eroded skill, and Ealincf were allowed in to s c o r e a lucky try. A t theat point J o h n F i s h b u r n narrowly missed with a difficult k i c k . ' T h e turning point w a s E a l i n g ' s second try. R i c h P u l l e n who played well had to deal with a high ball over our l i n e . H e t r i e d to ground it but it b o u n c e d .free and let E a l i n g i n . T h e A ' s , d e m o r a l i s e d , let E a l i n g run i n another t ry t o w i n 15—3. T h i s w a s a game the A ' s c o u l d h a v e w o n . We suffered from not h a v i n g h a d a game the previous week (UC f a i l i n g to put i n a n a p p e a r a n c e ) and from becoming overconfident. We hope for a b e t t e r r e s u l t next w e e k . T e a m : R Pullen, J Thomas, A Howel, C Becque, J Pitcher, H Duncan, Al-Harery, B Bubb, S Dowing, M Zamorotko, K Hawkins, C Cuthbertson, F Fishburn, R Jenner, S Braund.

Imperial College 1st XV Wasps II IC 1 S T X V put up a very on creditable performance Saturday 22nd November before l o s i n g to a very strong II team. After a Wasps m i s t a k e by the b a c k s h a d g i v e n W a s p s a gift try in t h e 1st m i n u t e : IC fought back w e l l , p i n n i n g W a s p s in t h e i r own h a l f w i t h fine forward p l a y a n d t a c t i c a l k i c k i n g at half back. Andy Devaney w a s in form w i t h i s p l a c e k i c k i n g and IC fought t h e i r way into a 9—6 lead, when another defensive mistake gave Wasps a second try. However IC a g a i n r e s p o n d e d w e l l to the challenge, a n d had t h e i r c a p t a i n not fluffed a s i m p l e p u s h o v e r t r y , they c o u l d have been i n a very strong p o s i t i o n at h a l f t i m e . A s it w a s , they turned around 15—9 in a r r e a r s .

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LAST FRIDAY, Royal H o l l o w a y C o l l e g e became I C ' s f i r s t v i c t i m s of the y e a r a t swimming. Later on we finished off t h e j o b w h e n our s e c o n d team beat them at w a t e r - p o l o . T h e s w i m m i n g match s t a r t e d off w e l l for u s , w h e n w e h a d a 1—2 i n the f i r s t e v e n t , t h e 100m f r e e s t y l e . In t h e n e x t event, Andy w a s just beaten in the b r e a s t r o k e , a n d C o l i n w a s t h i r d . A r e v e r s a l of t h e 100m f r e e s t y l e placing was made w h e n D a v e beat R o r y on t h e t o u c h , in t h e 200m freestyle. The official time keeper T o n i , w a s unable to separate them o n t h e s t o p watch. In t h e b a c k s t r o k e , Paul, an e x i l e from last year took advantage of e v e r y o n e ' s t i r e d n e s s at t h i s stage, and scorched up and d o w n t o c o m e f i r s t , w i t h Ian second. The last i n d i v i d u a l event w a s the m e d l e y in w h i c h N i c k s h o w e d that he had l e a r n e d at s c h o o l , t o w i n convincingly. In the two relays we e n t e r e d three t e a m s . In the medley r e l a y w e w e r e first, s e c o n d a n d fourth, a n d w e came f i r st a n d s e c o n d in t h e freestyle relay a s w e l l . A t the e n d when t h e p o i n t s w e r e t o t a l e d w e had w o n c o n v i n c i n g l y 4 3 - 2 9 . We now hope that w e can keep up t h i s form i n next w e e k ' s U L U g a l a , a n d s o retain the Col lege Championship. After the swimming, our s e c o n d s ( c o m p o s e d m a i n l y of f i r s t y e a r s ) beat H o l l o w a y 5—2 in t h e water-polo m a t c h . In the f i r s t quarter w e s t a r t e d

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In the s e c o n d h a l f , the IC forwards showed again and a g a i n how much they have i n recent weeks, improved both in t h e tight and in t h e loose. However the W a s p s outside half, who had an o u t s t a n d i n g m a t c h , s e t them up for two more t r i e s , a n d a score of 30—12, w h i c h d e f i n i t e l y d i d not do j u s t i c e to I C . The forward play was magnificent in a l l p h a s e s , a n d apart from a few l a p s e s , the b a c k s defended w e l l . With an improvement in handling I am c o n f i d e n t that t h e team w i l l really blossom. • T e a m : Sorry folks as a number of the names are not readable we are not able to prim the team.

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NEEDING AN E A R L Y GOAL to restore confidence from t h e i r d i s m a l performances of l a t e , IC w e r e thwarted by poor finishing. However a scramble ensued i n the Royal Free goal area early i n t h e game a n d S t e v e B a t e s c a l m l y k i c k e d the b a l l out of t h e k e e p e r s h a n d s into t h e empty net. Pressure was c o n t i n u e d in t h e i r h a l f a n d P h i l S i n g l e t o n p r e s s e d home the advantage with a fine c r o s s shot to make it 2—0.saw The second half a c o m p l e t e c h a n g e in p l a y . R o y a l F r e e a p p l i e d the thumbdefensive s c r e w s but s k i l l f u l play with Dave Brabbin in t h e a i r , E a n dominant H u n t i n g t o n m a s t e r f u l o n the I ground and some brave k e e p i n g

off b a d l y w h e n a p l a y e r of some put t w o goals experience p a s t our u n s u s p e c t i n g d e f e n s e . A f t e r t h e s e c o n d quarter t h e team got t o g r i p s w i t h t h e g a m e . D a v e i n t h e ' h o l e ' , after a v e r b a l l a s h i n g , began t o start pivoting the a t t a c k s , and w a s w e l l s u p p o r t e d by S a m . In m i d f i e l d C o l i n a n d A m i r d i d a good job i n supporting the forwards, coming back to d e f e n d , w h e n r e q u i r e d . Ian was sound in defence and George played well despite h i s b a d l e g . J i m performed s o l i d l y in goal, and showed a g r e a t e r s e n s e of purpose than usual probably because h e h a d j u s t been e l e v a t e d to t h e p o s t of o f f i c i a l s t a r t e r for the swimming match. T o n i ' s experience proved u s e f u l i n getting us back into t h e m a t c h . In the s e c o n d quarter w e d r e w l e v e l , t h a n k s to a t e r r i f i c s h o t from S a m w h i c h went i n t o t h e t o p c o r n e r of the net a n d t h e n A m i r got t h e f i r s t .goal of h i s h a t - t r i c k . In the last two quarters, our fitness bcamee obvious and with t w o more g o a l s from Amir, a n d a n effort from C o l i n w e f i n i s h e d u p the 5—2 w i n n e r s . T h e n w e returned to the b a r . F i n a l l y w e must mention that w e h a v e j u s t b e e n d e c l a r e d winners of the M i d d l e s e x League Second Division 1975 (on g o a l a v e r a g e ) , a n d w i n n e r s of t h e L o n d o n Winter knockout 1975. The f i r st team w o n t h e i r recent match 13-1 against Hounslow in the f i r s t round of t h i s y e a r s , competition.

FOOTBALL from K e v A l l e n kept them o u t . Yet a c r a c k w a s somehow found a n d I C were up a g a i n s t it w i t h a narrow 2—1 l e a d . Pressure o n the I C g o a l continued till the Royal F r e e k e e p e r made a d a s h down the right w i n g , the b a l l found i t s w a y to Master Bates who w a s t h i n k i n g of p a s s i n g t i l l c h o r u s e s of ' D o a P e t e ' from the b a c k found t h e i r w a y to h i s s e n s i t i v e ears. H e looked up, measured the distance ( w i t h h i s infamous appendage) and let loose a b l i s t e r i n g 45 y a r d d r i v e w h i c h found the net before t h e keeper h a d returned to h i s l i n e . 3—1 a n d IC revived their superiority with the new ' s t e a m l ineo" Terry Lindong bustling and rare uproductively, flashes from both G areth Roberts and Steve G e e . A Continued

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Imperial College 11 Lee ' B ' 8 AFTER FIVE WEEKS of h u n t i n g around for a team, on Saturday November 22nd, Imperial College finally managed to muster nine people together to journey to darkest Orpington. We w e r e s t i l l one s h o r t , a s one of the brave few d i d n ' t show up, h a v i n g had a bit too much d r i n k the night b e f o r e . Anyway, having decided that t h i s f l a k e r w a s n ' t g o i n g to c o m e , the team set off to V i c t o r i a w i t h much t r e p i d a t i o n and a distinct feeling of impending disaster. This feeling was well justified ( a l t h o u g h later proved wrong) a s four of our number w e r e lacking in e x p e r i e n c e , and the rest h a d n ' t p l a y e d for f i v e w e e k s . A l s o L e e (who p l a y at Orpington) have a very strong club. -Their first team h a s won the South of England Lacrosse League for the l a s t ten y e a r s . A n d s o we a r r i v e d . L e e g a l l a n t l y lent us one of t h e i r y o u n g e r p l a y e r s , and on starting immediately scored three goals in as many minutes. Surprisingly IC d i d not l o s e heart, but in fact improved d r a m a t i c a l l y . The defense started working together, and a l t h o u g h often a man d o w n , d i d a good job of b r e a k i n g up L e e ' s a t t a c k s . The midfield and attack, whilst not being skilful enough to keep possession, d i d , o n b e i n g fed the b a l l from defense, often make d a n g e r o u s r u n s at g o a l . T h i s helped boost morale considerably, especially after conceeding the first three goals, when Derek S e n n e r ran up and s c o r e d , and q u i t e e f f e c t i v e l y s t o p p e d the rot. A t h a l f time the s c o r e w a s 5—4 in I m p e r i a l ' s

favour. On starting the second h a l f L e e p i l e d on the p r e s s u r e , and got one g o a l b a c k . H o w e v e r , a g a i n the d e f e n s e c l o s e d up and cut out the L e e a t t a c k . F o r the next quarter of an hour a tooth and n a i l b a t t l e ensued, in which both sides tried to gain an advantage, neither side e v e r l e a d i n g by more than one g o a l . But s u d d e n l y , in the last quarter, it all c l i c k e d a g a i n and IC q u i c k l y s c o r e d two g o a l s w h i l e L e e tried but f a i l e d against a stalwart defense. This psychological advantage r e m a i n e d u n t i l the end of the m a t c h , l e a v i n g IC the v i c t o r s by 11—8. A s p e c i a l mention s h o u l d go to B i l l J a c k s o n in d e f e n s e , who is i m p r o v i n g w e e k by w e e k , and to D e r e k Senner, w h o h a s never p l a y e d b e f o r e, but showed a s much skill as many w h o h a v e played for y e a r s . With a bit more p r a c t i c e and match e x p e r i e n c e Re w i l l prove an i n v a l u a b l e a s s e t . I w o u l d a l s o l i k e to thank the whole team for producing such a good d i s p l a y , working so hard, and p r o v i n g that the impossible) c a n be d o n e . F i n a l l y t h a n k s to L e e , for b e i n g s u c h good h o s t s , and g i v i n g u s s u c h an enjoyable m a t c h v

T e a m : Pete Macbonald, Jackson, Bob Strangeway Paul Jepson, "The Hacker", Pete Watson, Senner, Terry Gollogly, Middlehurst, Guest Lee

P S We are s t i l l i n t e r e s t e d in f i n d i n g p l a y e r s and anybody w h o w o u l d l i k e to p l a y s h o u l d c o n t a c t me ( B o b S t r a n g e w a y , p h y s i c s P G ) v i a the i n t e r n a l mail.

B A R N U M I Z E D Imperial College II Mixed 5 Chelsea 1st Mixed 4 AS THE SCORE suggests, it was close and almost "e Ie c t r i f i ng" match, p a r t i c u l a r l y t o w a r d s the e n d . After a disappinting start, Chelsea had one person ready to play at the s t a r t i n g time of 2.00pm, the remai nder arriving at about 3.30pm claiming ignorance of the m a t c h . So after an e x c e p t i o n a l s t a r t by a l l w e w e r e s o o n l e a d i n g 4—1 n e e d i n g o n l y one mat ch for victory. Then Chelsea played their joker ( h a v i n g o n l y pumps a n d no r a c k e t — an apt d e s c r i p t i o n )

BUI (Cpt), Happy Derek Alan player

HOLOMORPHIC Imperial College 1st Mill Hill HC

A F T E R A R A T H E R prol onged bus r i d e — t a k i n g o v e r V/* h r s the team a r r i v e d t r a v e l weary but nevertheless eager to p l a y h o c k e y , at M i l l H i l l . O n c o m i n g out onto the p i t c h we r e a l i s e d that we w o u l d be at a disadvantage not being u s e d to p l a y i n g on s u c h an u n d u l a t i n g and s l o p i n g p i t c h . T h e game s t a r t e d on time a n d the t e a m s a p p e a r e d to be f a i r l y evenly m a t c h e d , both s i d e s making promising attacking m o v e s . T h e f i r s t goal came to M i l l H i l l when s l i g h t l y s l a c k m a r k i n g in the m i d d l e of the ' D ' a l l o w e d a Mill H i l l player to r e c e i v e a p a s s from the right w i n g and s l o t the b a l l home for a g o a l . IC were, h o w e v e r , unperturbed and fought b a c k and got a s e r i e s of short corners awarded. The goal w a s s c o r e d from one of t h e s e — M i k e I s l e s ' s shot w a s b l o c k e d by the g o a l i e , A l l e n B r o w n p i c k e d up the rebound and after a nifty p i e c e of s t i c k w o r k put in a c r a c k i n g shot from about 10 y a r d s . Not long after though M i l l H i l l r e p l i e d w i t h a s e c o n d goal from a short c o r n e r w h i c h beat the p l a y e r s on the l i n e by v i r t u e of a deflection from someone's s t i c k on the way t o w a r d s g o a l . T h e s c o r e remained at 2—1 • at i h a l f - t i m e . In the s e c o n d h a l f , p l a y c o n t i n u e d more or l e s s as before and IC w e r e u n l u c k y not to score from e i t h e r open p l a y or from s e v e r a l c o r n e r s w h i c h w e r e awarded d u r i n g the h a l f . M i l l H i l l d i d not m i s s c h a n c e s , h o w e v e r , and s c o r e d two g o a l s in the s e c o n d half — both from corners. T h e f i n a l s c o r e w a s a w i n to M i l l H i l l 4 g o a l s to l . a l t h o u g h the r e s u l t d i d not t r u l y r e f l e c t the r e l a t i v e a b i l i t i e s of the two t e a m s . Team: Charlie Brown, Jim (capt), Kim Houlden, Marshall Alistaire Ross, Allen Brown, Ivan Hodgson, Chas Hardy, Trev Tutu, John Andrews, Mike Isles, John Lattex, U m p i r e : Jasper Cook.

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t h e i r 3rd p a i r p r o c e e d e d to t h r a s h the w h o l e t e a m , t h e maximum s c o r e w e obtained was 6. This brought the s c o r e to 4—4, then Ian and Clair played their worse p a i r a n d c l i n c h e d the m a t c h w i t h c o m p a r i t i v e e a s e and an almost nonchalant attitude. The girls deserve a special mention for their fortitude even when the opposition c o n t i n u a l l y h i t s the s h u t t l e at t h e m , s t r i k i n g them on the face or upper trunk, they were not d a u n t e d and are i m p r o v i n g in e v e r y match they p l a y . A f e e l i n g of " e s p r i t de c o r p s " is developing which s h o u l d h e l p in t i m e s to c o m e .

T e a m : Wendy Low, Kin Clair Busby, Ian Mayne, Scot, Ken Bownes.

Lim, Andy

Badminton Club Competition THERE WILL be a club c o m p e t i t i o n e a r l y in t h e term next y e a r in both h a n d i c a p and o p e n e v e n t s . P l e a s e arrange y o u r partners t h i s term to a l l o w enough t i m e to g i v e fair handicaps. Probable events; mens and I ladies s i n g l e s (open), mens d o u b l e s (H'cap), mixed doubles ( H ' c a p ) . We hope y o u w i l l a l l enter i r r e s p e c t i v e of a b i l i t y .

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T O R N S C R E A M I N G from t h e i r warm t r a c k s u i t s (and hats) IC 1st XI faced L o n d o n H o s p i t a l at W a l t h a m s t o w on W e d n e s d a y . Throwing aside the dreadful memories of the previous match IC soon raised their game to a r e m a r k a b l e l e v e l of m e d i o c r i t y and forced a c o u p l e of c o r n e r s . From one of these Mike shot Isles l a s h e d a great a g a i n s t the upright. E n c o u r a g e d b e y o n d b e l i e f at t h i s the IC defence promptly let 'Our C h a r l i e ' have a k i c k at the b a l l . R i s i n g to the bait he dutifully performed his ' W e c h i s h y ' M i s s ( s a f e l y ) and everyone relaxed, including the L H forwards w h o w e r e n ' t s e e n around for some time afterwards. IC forwards meanwhile, a i d e d by some good h o c k e y from A B r o w n , forged d e e p into foreign territory and allowed. themselves the luxury of a few more m i s s e d corners. In the second half IC defended the g o a l p a t r o l l e d by the o p p o s i t i o n umpire w h o s e occassional aberrations regarding obstruction and d a n g e r o u s p l a y r e d u c e d Ivan Hodgson near to a mental breakdown — John Andrews t o o , but it d i d n ' t s h o w so m u c h ! IC p r e s s e d s t r o n g l y for a g o a l and e v e n found time for some f a n c y s h o r t p a s s i n g i n the left f l a n k a r e a ; after b e i n g c u r t l y i n s t r u c t e d to c u t out t h i s p a n s y sort of b e h a v i o u r , the left b a c k h a c k e d the L H i n s i d e forward near to death — honour s a t i s f i e d . S i d G o l d i n g on the right wing split the opposition defense t w i c e with beautiful c r o s s e s but n o t h i n g r e s u l t e d apart from a l u c k y c l e a r a n c e off the l i n e . With three m i n u t e s to go L H forced a corner - o b s t r u c t i o n t h e man s a i d — a n d shot a good goal. This left IC n o t h i n g to do but s c r o u n g e for a team shampoo and mutter about the life e x p e c t a n c y of o p p o s i t i o n u m p i r e s . T e a m : C Brown, J Marshall (Capt). J Cook, A Ross, A Brown, I Hodgson, Sig Golding, J Andrews, M Isles, R Fatania, J Loiter. Continued

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Football late run from Steve Gee resulted in a . R o y a l Free defender a d d i n g h i s name to the scoresheet with an excellent own goal. Royal F r e e w e r e worth more t han a 4 - 1 defeat but that c a n be a t t r i b u t e d to a n o t h e r powerful d i s p l a y from I C . Team: K Allen, J lley Huntington, D Brabbln Howell, M Poppet, S Bates, Singleton, G Roberts, Lindong, S Gee, 4

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