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Where did you go on field trips (either day trips or residential ones)?

Did anything memorable (in any sense of the word) happen?

Well, if any of the class of '89-96 are on here, perhaps they'd like to recount the tale of their field trip to the Natural History and science museums in London. That was a memorable one!!!

I always hated field trips as they inevitabely resulted in some penguin bashing; I learnt this fairly early during a 'Discovery' visit to Arundel in the first few weeks of my squits.

I remember hearing about that Natural History and Science Museum trips... - didn't you clear the shop out?

I remember a Classics Dept. trip to London for some exhibition (something to do with Pompeii, I think).

John Dennison and John Trappes-Lomax accompanied us in a minibus. I think we had a quick look at the exhibition before heading off to the pub (central London, wearing full housey).

Great fun. John Trappes-Lomax insisted on taking the train back to C.H. (presumably so that he could squeeze in a couple of swifties at The Bax before closing time).

Now hold on a second, Plum - it wasn't my year that did it!!

But yes, they did indulge in some "stock taking"

My apologies Graham, I should be looking for the culprits on the year above...

Not so much a "field" trip as exposure to the East End of the Kray Bros - a visit to Fords in Dagenham in the late 50's.
Another trip was to Wimbledon - what a bore, given I could never stand the game even though it seemed top be available for only a week a year.

Less organised but far more enjoyable were the fortnightly overnight camping trips to Stone Farm Rocks .......

I later had the ? misfortune to be on the wrong side when some 20 grecians (in tatty jeans and worse) invaded the City firm I worked for; noisy, messy - definitely a turn-off. At least at my lecture on merchant banking the next year they turned up in uniform!

s.i.n