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"Work stacked waiting to be hung in the finals show of 1970, located in the 'new' sculpture school."

"The paintings of hexagons are mine
the one of squares is by Philip Crozier".

Patrick Goff who was a student in 1967 - '70, has supplied these colour photos,
two from Corsham taken in '69 and two of his work from '70..

The Court Pool

The High Street

"...it's the spaces between, man..."
"This shot has faded badly,
it was taken in the 'new' sculpture
school where I had my workspace.
It is me in 1970"

"I had many a pleasant evening lying on the roof slates of the Doctors surgery watching the world go by, as I lived in a room on the top floor front of the building. Such was the shortage of student accommodation one year that one student even lived in a tent in the back garden for the first month or so at the beginning of the year.
In those days the basement at the Court had the college shop and a skittle alley. You could hear the ball rumbling down it in the library two floors above. The canteen was the dining room and the Reynolds' had many a pea flicked at them by art students who thought that paintings of dead people were not nice things. One year the canteen budget was expended before the end of the term and the students all stayed in their seats until we were all packed in (it only held about half the students normally). We all chanted for the chef, and when she came through the great oak doors at the end she was greeted by a shower of oranges which had been given to us all as 'pudding' and were put t

o a better use that day!
At that time I got a grant (those were the days, not only at Corsham but actually paid to be there!) of £84 per term. I paid £54 to the college for food and accommodation (room, breakfast if you got up in time, elevenses, lunch, high tea and dinner about eight, seven days a week). Of the remainder, twenty went into the shop for paint canvas etc, whilst most of the rest went into the Pack Horse on scrumpy top with Barley Wine chasers. God the things we drank in our youth!"

Paddy Goff
Savoy Hotel
October 2000

these next five photos were added 27/12/04


looking down Church Street	Flemish weavers cottages	student entrance to the Court	the Music Room '68 - where Ravi Shankar held a concert	Gazebo in the Court gardens

"all are dated May 1969 on the cardboard Kodak slide holder, but probably summer '68"
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First year Dip A.D. Fine Art (Painting)
1st year photographic introductory course circa 1967, using 2¼ square format cameras.

l to r: Olwyn Steele, Merlyn Chesterman, Paddy Goff, Judith Skedgell. photo added 25th Dec 2004
"I don't know who the photographer was but it was probably taken in the grounds of the antique shop on the corner in Pickwick, opposite Adrian Heath’s house?"

photos added 28/03/05

"these show the kind of flower paintings I currently get involved with:-
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Lupin - tree of life

Lupin

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Geoff Turpin did Dip A.D. Painting including a foundation year from 1966-70 and has contributed five photos and his Corsham Memories.

I have enjoyed having my memories revived by this web site; Corsham was an experience I wouldn't have missed for anything. I visited there last summer as I was on holiday nearby, but it was as if the college had never been there. It's the people I most remember -like the tutors- the extraordinary Michael Simpson and his studio in Bradford on Avon, the charming Michael Kidner and his driving, two more Michaels, Craig Martin and Johnson, all seemed to me speaking words of wisdom, Tom Philips who read philosophy to us while we drew, the kindness of the late Adrian Heath and many others.

My memory for names is poor I'm afraid but among the students I knew were Graham Day, Clive Adams and Paddy Goff who have all contributed to this site, (Paddy and I met up recently after 32 years), and Phil Crozier who I've just about kept in touch with. Phil and Paddy have continued to paint, and I have recently started again. I also remember Kathy Gili, Olwyn, Judith and Merlyn who are in Paddy's photo on this site [see above], Helen & Martine, of course, and Tom Dick and Alice.

And I'm sure other people will remember the sit-in at Beechfield, the Newcastle Brown Club, the old masters hit by mashed potatoes during food fights in the Corsham Court canteen, scrumpy at 13 pence a pint, a gig by Ed Askew, the music of Cream, Family and The Doors, smoking pot for the first time and lots more.

I've found two photos of me and Phil taken during our first years. If I come across any more I'll post them. I'm also including two photos from my recent visit. One of me and my children outside the Royal Oak where I actually lived for a term and sat in the bar until the early hours, and one of me in Slug Alley. Who could forget walking back through there from the pub to the Dairy, in the pitch black?

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Geoff Turpin '68	Geoff with Phil '67	Phil Crozier and Geoff Turpin discussing camshafts? '67	me with my children outside The Royal Oak '04	and in Slug Alley '04

By the way, I live in Walsall now, leading a quiet life, but a happy one.


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