The academic year ’75-’76 was notable because Simon spent most of it in France as part of his course, teaching English in a Lycée in Forbach near Strasbourg. We were down to a foursome – could we hack it?
| Winter Term ’75 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Freshers week | Prof Hunt’s + Chaplaincy Centre Evening [1] | |
| Oct 3rd | Balerno, St Mungo’s | |
| 8th | Hamilton College Freshers Night | |
| 11th | Aberdeen C.U. Barbecue | |
| 12th | Leith St Andrews Y.F. | |
| 19th | Bannockburn, Cowie | |
| 25th | Motherwell | — open air |
| 26th | Motherwell | — civic centre |
| Nov 2nd | Bathgate, St John’s YF | |
| 7th | Dick Vet “Outward Axis” Barbecue, Galashiels | |
| 9th | Auchterarder Annual Youth Rally | |
| 19th | Stirling Univ C.U. | |
| 20th | George Sq Bread and Cheese Lunch | |
| 23rd | Carrick Knowe YF | |
| 24th | Dunfermline College | (cancelled on arrival) |
| 30th | Ponton House | |
| Dec 6th | Willy’s — Glenrothes[2] | |
| 7th | St Thomas’ Guest Service | (Last of G Bridger) [3] |
| Easter Term ’76 | ||
| Jan 17th | CU Celidh | |
| 18th | Maranatha Centre | |
| 19th | Dunfermline College of Ed | |
| 25th | Bishopbriggs Brethren | |
| 28th | Netherbow Concert | |
| 30th | Dumfries Y.F. | |
| 31st | North Berwick Pavillion [sic] | |
| Feb 2nd | Q. Margs. C.U. meeting | (Talk) |
| 14th | Manchester | |
| 28th | Broughty Ferry | (van broke down) |
| Mar 5th | Charisma | |
| Summer Term ’76 | ||
| May 2nd | St Caths. Argyll | |
| Summer Vac ’76 | ||
| June 19th – 26th | Swaledale [4] | |
| Aug 10th – 14th | St Ninians Crieff[5] | |
| 14th | Aviemore — Speyside Th. | |
| 16th – 28th | Netherbow | |
[1] Professor Norman Hunt was the Edinburgh University Christan Union’s Honorary President. He and his wife used to host student gatherings at their rather astonishing house in Ravelston Dykes Road.
[2] This was at the home and home church of the man who is now Professor William F. Storrar of Princeton University. He was also responsible for our first gig as a fivesome, the “Jesus + Folk” event in the Baird House Common Room.
[3] Gordon Bridger was the vicar or rector of St Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Corstorphine, a student-friendly church. I think he moved to Norwich.
[4] Carolyn Dougill, our sound person and sometime girlfriend of Jim, arranged a cottage in Gunnerside in Swaledale for us all to spend a week in (getting Simon back in to harness and working on new material). I remember I got a summer job unexpectedly quickly and could only be there for the weekends.
[5] St Ninians was a Church of Scotland training centre in Crieff where Jim’s dad was the manager/warden/high heid yin, so Jim managed to find us rehearsal space there.