So with just my books and a small radio/cassette player to keep me company, I listened to BBC Radio One and Radio Caroline day and night while I filled my time writing homesick letters to family and friends. Those first few days in a tiny cinder block room were a complete culture shock, as I realized I would be on my own for at least 10 days before any classes would begin. It was still winter break, so the bleak campus (situated next door to a British Army base that trained soldiers for duty in Northern Ireland) was even grayer and more desolate than usual while most of the British students slept off their New Year's hangovers back at home.Īs one of a handful new American students, I was placed in an aging tower block with a small group of international students and first years from across the U.K. I arrived at Essex University in Colchester in early 1986 during a rain storm that seemed to last a week. No one prepared me for how wet and dreary England can be in January. "I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa, I'm hearing only sad news from Radio Africa" - Radio Africa - Latin Quarter
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