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The 1970s was a decade of major upheaval. We had hippies, and progressive rock, and big music festivals, and drugs and peace and love, which slowly gave way to, and clashed with, social and industrial unrest, Punk rock, different drugs, and pop culture. In personal terms, my own life was about to be turned upside down as I moved from living in the middle class comfort and relative luxury of home in Oxford, to living on my own in a strange working class city, with poor accommodation, bad landlords, left wing radicals, no money, no drugs/too many drugs, run-ins with the police, falling in and out of love, having no money, trying to follow a challenging course of study, and generally trying to survive the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune as a student. Being a student at Portsmouth Polytechnic in the 1970s was a massive roller coaster ride of highs and lows, laughter and sorrow, utter stupidity and a fight for mere survival. What follows is a recount of life as an undergraduate in the ‘70s. You might not believe some of it, as it's so incredible, but it’s all true and it’s just how it was, back then, back in the day!