This is an impression of life on the student fringes of Reading University from 1970, and includes reference to the debauchery and drug taking of that era, and its lack of aspirations. From an insider view.
136. Ray has bought
a tent with his compensation, and
there are tea-lights in the boot.
They settle down for the night
under a pink moon, with the tea-
lights burning on the cliff above
them
350. Mike went to live with a
girlfriend at her parents’ house
on the banks of the Thames at
Wargrave and may have got a
public school job such as High
Court Judge, human rights
lawyer or merchant banker
351.
352. Steve graduated in History
before getting a job at a girls’
school near Rome
353.
354. Ray spent 17 years in and out of
mental hospitals before being
rescued by Margaret Thatcher’s
community care
355.
356. Derek pulled himself together
and got a job as a bricklayer’s
labourer on a building site
357.
358. Rose’s parents made Algy an offer
he could not refuse :- a one way
ticket to Amsterdam, where he
was reported to have died from
alcoholism and neglect
359.
360. Dan followed Algy to Amsterdam
where he caught the clap from a
European chick also named Dan.
He was last seen in London with
most of his teeth missing, with
those remaining blackened.