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Memories from our 1965-1974 graduates

In 1965, Warwick rises from 400 acres of muddy fields between Coventry and Warwickshire.

The site feels like a bold leap into the future, with modernist buildings, idealist principles, and a sense of purposeful ambition.

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Your stories 

Former Principal Partner: Colin Davies

Warwick wasn't Colin's initial first choice, but he chose it in the end because of its future-facing ethos.

Connections: Angela Ryde-Weller

Angela was one of the few women who enrolled on the Engineering Science course in 1969.

Connections: Alan Toft

Alan fondly remembers his organic chemistry lecturer, the fantastic music, and the level-crossing en route to lectures.

Connections: Nigel Dutt

Nigel sprinted for the University’s athletics club in the summer of 1968.

Connections: Nick Devas

When Nick came to study Economics in 1967, the farmer was still ploughing the fields around Rootes Hall.

One of Warwick's first students: Hugh Morton

Hugh was one of the first Mathematics students that started at Warwick in 1964.

Lessons that last a lifetime

George Bakehouse shares the part Professor John Rex played in steering his life on a new path.

Olympics Memories – What a super Saturday!

A chance response to a newspaper advert led to a friendship with the family of Great Britain’s most successful heptathlete.

Connections: Carol Anne Williams

Carol Anne was in the first 3 year training course to go through Canley in the 1960s.

Connections: Ken Wharton

Ken Wharton has written 13 books in which he chronicled the troubles in Northern Ireland from 1969-98.

 

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