{"id":11511,"date":"2025-04-01T08:19:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11511"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:28:25","slug":"freshers-fair-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/freshers-fair-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshers&#8217; Fair: 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Two years before today\u2019s video was made, STOIC was still operating in black and white. So, it\u2019s a pleasure to release this 1982 video in colour. Lawrence Windley went around Freshers\u2019 Fair and spoke to a few people taking part. And we once again meet Tim Bell from City and Guilds, who appeared in a previous video all about Pedal Cars. Some of the freshers do look a little dazed, I must say. Maybe the afternoon was a little too early for them, or perhaps the cheap beer was kicking in?<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BE0w_k3VnI8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s go back to 1982 and the first Freshers&#8217; Fair that STOIC covered in colour. 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