ALUMNI STORIES
What song do you hear and you ’ re transported back to your student days ? We asked Keelites this question in a recent email newsletter and here are 15 of the most nostalgic ...
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ALUMNI STORIES
Tracks of my Keele years
What song do you hear and you ’ re transported back to your student days ? We asked Keelites this question in a recent email newsletter and here are 15 of the most nostalgic ...
“ In 1962 the Students ’ Union was a large Nissen Hut . The weekly “ hop ” - a desperate affair for the men as the ratio was 3 men to 1 woman - was mostly enormously noisy rock and roll . But every night was brought to a halt - and I can hear it now - by the disc jockey playing the Ray Charles track - “ Hit the road Jack and don ’ t you come back no more no more , hit the road Jack and don ’ t you come back no more ”. But we did ...”
David Edmonds CBE
History & Politics , Class of 1966
“ Fond memories of White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane . The jukebox in the Union bar seemed to stick on that one so it played endlessly throughout my 4 years at Keele . Every time I hear it now , which isn ’ t often , it transports me back to Keele .”
“ Magma . They played as a storm raged outside the Student Union . During the full-blooded climax to the Kohntark suite an explosion of thunder and lightning cut all power . It was an elemental moment . 27 Feb 1974 .”
Dr John Bennett
Philosophy & Sociology , Class of 1977
“ Royal Ball 1967 , Keele Students ’ Union . Princess Margaret CBE and Lord Snowden in attendance as was Cream . They came on early , about midnight , and opened with N . S . U . from their first album Fresh Cream , 1966 . The track still sends tingles up my spine and transports me back to within touching distance of one of the greatest bands ever .”
David Harris
Geography & Geology , Class of 1970
Chris Ball ( née Walch ) Law & Sociology and Social Anthropology , Class of 1974
“ Mungo Jerry “ In the Summertime ” always reminds me of our Geology Field Trip to Brittany ”
Dorothy Wright ( née Hogg ) Geography & Geology , Class of 1971