Photos taken 1974 of staff and students at the Lancaster University - Marketing department. On September 15th 2013 40 years after we started the study 6 graduates met in London. That was great to meet again learning what the others had been doing during those 40 years and bring back some good memories from the Lancaster university.

1. Photos from University of Lancaster
The Marketing department 1974
and reunion in London Sept. 15th 2013
Photos by
Thrainn Thorvaldsson and Jim Marshall

2. Photos from
Jim Marshall

7. Photos from
Thrainn Thorvaldsson

8. Bowland Tower and Alexander square

9. Thrainn studying at Bowland tower

10. Ghasson Yazigi – Stuart Riley
- Dr. Albert Schofield

11. Peter Kyle – Desmond Hopwood
- Chris Kenny Levick

12. Peter Spillard – Geoff Easton –
Bob Hamilton – Ray Lawrence

13. Brian Blaskshow – Michael Tomas –
Frank Taylor – John Goodwin – John Jackson

14. Jim Marshall with fiancé? – Tim Harrison
– Martin Evans – other ladies unknown

15. David Taylor – John Braddel – Ali Origer
– ladies unknown

16. John Payne/fiancé – Mohan Brara –
Terry Buss with wife?

17. Peter Spence – Kinsley Christian Abopiw
– John Jackson – Jet Hill

18. Tony Caruana – Costas Sylianou – Louay
Salem - Riaz Punja

19. David Casson

20. John White/wife – Sony Crouch – Steven
Hill – Tim Harrison

21. Tony – Riaz - Louay

22. Mahinda Karumature – Dan Martin

23. Steve Johnston – Alister Poudlebery

24. Louay – Thrainn – Mansur Bahita

25. Thrainn– Patrick Waters – Mansur

26. Anthea – Linda - Elin

27. A short story from September 1973
In September 1973 40 years ago I began my studies at
the University of Lancaster when I participated in a
math course prior to the formal start of the university.
I left Iceland first alone but Elin my wife and then our
only daughter Sif came later in the month entering
the UK by a flight from Iceland to Glasgow. I went
there to pick them up. I waited outside the customs
but Elin and Sif did not come through. I asked for a
permission to enter the baggage area. No one there.
I went up to the second floor to the customs area.
There Elin was arguing with the customs officers who
were asking for a written statement that she was
married to me. She had only papers that I was
studying at Lancaster. In Iceland women keep their
maiden name after marriage so she was Oskarsdottir
in the passport and had no paper confirming our
marriage. At that time there were number of cases
where men in the UK brought in foreign women even
marrying them temporary so they could enter the UK.
Then I came upstairs my daughter (3 years old) ran
from the officers under the gate to me. Then the
officers declared that this was enough verification for
the family connection and the gate was opened for
Elin and Sif to enter UK formally.
Thrainn

28. Small Thorvaldsson family in Bowland Tower 1974
Larger family in Iceland 2011 (Sif - top middle)

29. Reunion of a few of fellow
graduates in London on September
15th 2013 initiated by Tim

31. Tim

32. Jim

33. Riaz

34. Sony

35. John

36. Thrainn

37. We enjoyed our reunion tremendously