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On 14/07/2018 00:02, Bob Eager wrote:
> 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).
> 
> 
> 
Oh, now I understand.

That is the 'norm' (having to move out) in most UK halls but the one 
were were in was year round, at least for the block we were in- which 
was for married students.

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