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On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:49:46 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:

> On 13/07/2018 23:24, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:41:06 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:
>> 
>>> On 13/07/2018 22:10, Bob Eager wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:52:02 +0000, jimbo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:01:56 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I lived in the tower blocks at Essex Uni and thought nothing of it
>>>>>> but nowadays appreciate a garden to go out to, to relieve the boxed
>>>>>> in feeling. I'd never go on a prison ship, AKA cruise liner,
>>>>>> for the same reason
>>>>>
>>>>> you want your own front door....own back door.........lammy
>>>>> flooring.......minted.....big man.......
>>>>
>>>> The difference withg those tower blocks was that each one (and each
>>>> floor) was a community. My floor had me, a guy from Aylesbury, a
>>>> Mauritian, a Malaysian, someone from the Isle of Wight, a Pole, a
>>>> Greek,
>>>> an Iranian, two black Africans and a white South African.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The, married, hall of residence we lived in at Uni was a bit like
>>> that. For all but a short time, we were the only UK couple as far as I
>>> recall.
>>> It was a great opportunity to meet people from different
>>> countries/cultures etc.
>> 
>> My floor was students who were on 9 month licences (overseas students,
>> and postgrads).
>> 
>> 
>> 
> As I recall, you were permitted to stay in the hall we were in for 2
> years as a general rule. We found a rented place after 2 years which we
> remained in for a few years until we bought our first house.

The point was that we didn't have to move out during the short vacations. 
Everyone else did. So we were put on upper floors to keep us out of the 
way (12th floor in my case).



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