| Level | Item |
| Ref No | RMB/27 |
| Title | Oral history interview with Mr James Lever on 30 June 2015 |
| Date | 30 June 2015 |
| Extent | 1 wav file and 1 transcript |
| Name of Creator | University of Surrey, Alumni and Development Department |
| Singh, Sarah |
| Lever, James |
| Description | Interview conducted by Sarah Singh.
00:00-00:42: Introduction
00:42-06:22: Why Battersea? failed Imperial College entrance exam; student apprenticeship with Stewarts and Lloyds, sent to Battersea College for sandwich course; recalls rented accommodation in Herne Hill; worked for Stewarts and Lloyds at Bilston in the holidays
06:22-14:46: Metallurgy: late for lectures, Chris Walker; slow buses; lecture based with some practical sessions; busy timetable; pyjama dance at Battersea College; recalls mixing with nurses at Chelsea College; Grove Tavern public house opposite Battersea College; bowling in Streatham; took notes in lectures and wrote them up using text books; mechanical engineering students, motorbikes
14:46-23:31: Accommodation: rented accommodation in Herne Hill; telephone calls home every weekend; census; moved to flat in Gubyon Avenue with Polish family; room at Young Women's Christian Association in Wolverhampton during industrial placement
23:31-46:55: Industrial Placement with Stewarts and Lloyds: analysed slags and steels; managed guides for exhibition on steel; Spelling blast furnaces in Bilston; most of placement spent in melting shop; brick layer strike 1968; Harlan Thompson
46:55-52:22: Academic course: learnt more on academic side; practical side provided experience of working with people
52:22-59:45: Move to Guildford: no opportunity to try new halls of residence; contrasts life on campus; tiered lecture halls; new equipment in laboratories; final project
59:45-01:09:57: Results: all final year results counted towards degree; metallurgical dissertation; general studies module, industrial law; Joe McCoby, thermodynamics; Don Ferris, metal extraction; Guildford Law School
01:10:02 - End |
| Administrative History | James Lever studied Metallurgy from 1965 to 1969. |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Copyright of the University of Surrey |
| Format | Audio |