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Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by B

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:10:39 +0000

How very strange to think that it has gone. When I lived there in 1981/82 it seemed like the pinnacle of modernity :-)
I liked the curtains, they made a real effect looking at the house from the outside. And then the unspeakable luxury of having your room cleaned. And the rooms were well-heated … in fact if you wanted a little less heat, you had to leave the window open … those were the days before climate change consciousness, of course. Wonderful times.

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by Sandra Hutchison

Sandra Hutchison — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:12:10 +0000

I wouldn’t ever miss the pink and orange curtains, but I had no other complaints about living on Waveney Terrace as an American exchange student in 80-81. We had a very friendly little community. The only real controversy arose from that one student doing the Atkins diet who insisted on cooking fish for breakfast.

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by Peter

Peter — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:54:22 +0000

I lived in E007 ’82 – 83. The room had this amazing chalk mural on the wall, and occasionally former residents of the room would stop by to make sure it was still there. We broke one of my corridor mates bed, using it as sled down Waveney mountain after snow fell….Great memories of the place, I was back today for the first time in 33 years and was shocked to see Waveney is gone

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by Nancy Hendry

Nancy Hendry — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:12:11 +0000

Lived in L block 1982 and 83. Loved it. So the walls were breeze block, thats why we had posters. I remember writing my milk order on the list in the kitchen. There were two students from Brunei on the corridor who would bow and smile when you saw them. They cooked amazing food with the aid of a huge meat cleaver and a wok . I also remember the university porters who would sometimes appear at 2am when we were pulling an allnighter. I heard lots of interesting tales over a cup of tea.

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by adrian

adrian — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:15:49 +0000

I love the idea of milk deliveries! It’s funny how priorities have changed for students. I remember when we’d sneak down to blocks P and Q in the dead of night, to defrost frozen food in their microwaves (those blocks were mostly mature or graduate students when I was there). My nieces, both at Sussex Uni, would be horrified… not only at the shortage of microwaves, but the lack of much else!

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by Nick Hanna

Nick Hanna — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:40:40 +0000

I lived in Q block floor 1 of Waveney back in 1977 and 1978. I loved the place. The décor was Spartan but that enticed us to create a great community of students. The fact that I had a room to myself seemed like a great luxury, and back then the milkman made daily deliveries to our kitchen. I remember cooking a Christmas Turkey in that little kitchen for all the lads of Q.01. Lots of late nights playing cards and drinking whisky.

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by adrian

adrian — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:14:49 +0000

I love how this post has suddenly attracted attention, even after my blog fell into dormancy – thanks for the comments, fellow ex-Waveneyists!

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by Michael Malloy

Michael Malloy — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:10:19 +0000

A stateside (Washington DC) UEA “mini-reunion” last year jogged my memory about Waveney, where I lived in the ’84-’85 academic year. I had the ground-level first room in the first block (A?), facing the campus. I often kept my window open a crack at night and befriended a local cat, who would jump in and keep me company. Being a Yank, I was very happy to be there and have my own little space, and I recall listening, entralled, to the BBC at night with my Walkman. I also read the letter in that room that grandmother had died (a month earlier, during Easter break, when I was doing the Grand Tour) and remember some fond (and funny, and foolish!) times with friends there. So it got torn down, but the memories live on…

Comment on Goodbye, Waveney Terrace by stefania

stefania — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:21:20 +0000

Been there for just a term Oct/Dec 1987 , lovely experience. Lots of memories there. :)

Comment on World Cup 2006: Day 25 by adrian

adrian — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:17:06 +0000

In my capacity as a bloke who burbles drivel (and on a 10-year-old blog post) that’s not exactly the sort of information I have at my fingertips!