Mansfield Nottingham and Leeds Art Schools - Stories from the late 70s early 1980s

1977 - 1978
West Notts College of FE
School of Art and Design

1978 - 1980
Clarendon College Nottingham
Art and Design Dept

1980 - 1983
Leeds Polytechnic
School of Fine Art

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	The Clarendon Darkroom Extracurricular activities of a lusty art lecturer uncovered during a typical day in the college art studio.		New Wave Drama Queens Meet the flamboyant characters of Clarendon's drama department.
	GAFFA Nottingham's new-wave heros GAFFA play Clarendon common room.		The Birrell Road Bowl Waking up in Ivan's psychedelic bedroom is one thing, but what lies behind the mysterious blue door?
	Night Gallery Art History lecturer, Jazz musician and practicing painter, John Spence shares his dark vision.		Fieldburn One of the few surviving pieces from my Clarendon art portfolio.
	The City of Yes & the city of No Diary entry recalling an art performance at Leeds Fine Art to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall.		The Men Who Fell to Henna Flyo and Riff discover the liberating potential of wash-in, wash-out hair colourants.
	Smart Cookies 1982 Leeds Poly gave rise to aspiring bands such as Soft Cell, the Mekons and Scritti Politti. The Smart Cookies continued this art school tradition.		Soft Cell - Mutant Moments 1980 At a pivotal moment in their career, Ex-Fine Art students Marc Almond, Dave Ball & Steve Griffiths play the Cosmo Club in Leeds.
	Psychobook 1982 Art school notebooks. It's all here, everything from new romantic decadence to Thatcherite dole queues.		Zhivagos It's Miss Wet T-shirt time again! Boogie at one of Nottingham's long forgotten nightclubs.
	Flyo Axeman 1983 Poverty stricken Smart Cookies learn survival skills in Chapeltown, Leeds.		The Smart Cookies 1983 Extensive picture gallery of the Smart Cookies crew in Nottingham & Leeds. Plus MP3 audio.
	Boneshekers 1982 Blidworth youths provided a great deal of entertainment during college vacations.		When Worlds Collide Village dogs are howling as science-fiction war machines rake across Blidworth.
	Art Rebels Rob Dixon, Stuart Wood and Paul Wheat's controversial college rag 'Egotistic Crap'		Billy's Ford Motor Chronology All the old favourites are here. Every Ford model released in the UK from 1980-1989.
	Nottingham Nightlife Download these membership cards to Nottingham's top nightspots of the 1980's. [Adam Fisher]		Billy's Drive-Thru Kebabs, curried-fish, mushy peas, burgers, cockles...what's your poison? [Billy Gaspedal]