Excellent Ant. I think I recognize the Thomas White block from your descriptions – brand new then, now half a century old and superseded by several other ‘new’ blocks. I like your reference to breaking social norms and stretching your abilities: very much how I remember you from those distant days! And as for the room key – what a great image to unlock so many memories.
As one of the other attendees at the event, I found this episode interesting, and I like the evocative words that you have used. It is impossible to convey the many and mixed feelings in a short podcast, so you have wisely focused on a few aspects. My only regret was that I did not manage to meet more of my contemporaries during the evening. The Great and the Good were invited to a private drinks function after the dinner, whereas most of the rest of us went to the college bar. Or am I focusing too much on ‘things that did not happen’, rather than those that did? That could be a subject for a future podcast.
That day, my memories flooded back because of the people. Meeting you and the others in the pub beforehand made me feel like no time had passed at all, and certainly not 50 years.
Excellent Ant. I think I recognize the Thomas White block from your descriptions – brand new then, now half a century old and superseded by several other ‘new’ blocks. I like your reference to breaking social norms and stretching your abilities: very much how I remember you from those distant days! And as for the room key – what a great image to unlock so many memories.
As one of the other attendees at the event, I found this episode interesting, and I like the evocative words that you have used. It is impossible to convey the many and mixed feelings in a short podcast, so you have wisely focused on a few aspects. My only regret was that I did not manage to meet more of my contemporaries during the evening. The Great and the Good were invited to a private drinks function after the dinner, whereas most of the rest of us went to the college bar. Or am I focusing too much on ‘things that did not happen’, rather than those that did? That could be a subject for a future podcast.
That day, my memories flooded back because of the people. Meeting you and the others in the pub beforehand made me feel like no time had passed at all, and certainly not 50 years.