Alumni through the ages
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Margaret Hayes
“I loved Sheffield, I met some wonderful people; the salt of the earth type. I've kept in touch with some and 70 years on we're still good friends.”
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Peter Davison
“The first hands on the steel furnaces used to give you a shilling and a bottle of Tizer each shift and a cheese sandwich if you were lucky.”
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Tom Scott
“I remember our physics lecturer chain-smoked Senior Service cigarettes during lectures and in the lab. Those were the days! No filter tips then.”
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Steve White
“Looking back at my diaries from the time, I’m not sure how I got any work done as I seemed to be out every night watching bands at the Poly or Top Rank.”
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Debjani Chatterjee
“My classes were in leafy Collegiate Crescent and the library was a treasure-house for me.”
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Peter Ellis
"The nursing degree was one of the first in the UK. One of two men, I was soon left by the other one who went on to join the Air Force - obviously not for him!"
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Rod Main
“The course then didn't have a strict curriculum as such, so we were very much encouraged to create and explore whatever weird and wonderful ideas we came up with.”
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Laura Thompson
“We went out for a walk through the city, through the Peace Gardens and the Winter Gardens. Chatting through my ideas whilst strolling was much better than sat down at a desk with a blank page.”
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Samuel Boateng
“I met so many amazing people and had it not have been for the opportunities that Hallam offered me, I don't think I would have got to where I am in my career today.”
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Kate Rutter
“It was tough and demanding and I loved every minute of it. Well, almost.”