What have you gained from the Albion?

[Superphil]

Perhaps you could share some of this knowledge with Return of the Rev.

Whilst your there explain to him why and how Bristol isn't 'up north'

It is you know:
Brighton 50.8429° N
Bristol 51.4500° N

 

[Beach Hut]

Met loads of very good friends

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Quite a few mates.
Some fabulous memories.
An excuse to spend quality time with my 12 and 15 year old sons.
A common interest, and thus excuse to actually CONVERSE with said sons.

I'm 60 in a couple of months and recognise all of these. Our son is 28 now and travels down from London to sit next to me in the WSU; our daughter (25) loves to get along when she can blag one of our tickets - the grief I get for going to St Andrews without inviting her seems never ending.
The Albion is also the means by which I've made contact with a number of old schoolmates from Hove CGS. The Albion was a big part of our lives in the 60's, 70's & 80's and meeting up again after all these years has been great fun.

 

[JJ McClure]

Great memories,
Great mates,
Great beer gut.

 

[Dover]

Great memories,
Great mates,
Great beer gut.

About the same here!

 

[glasfryn]

some very good friends, most of which are no longer with us
some good banter on the forum
some great, great memories at the Goldstone and a few at Priestfield and a very few at Withdean

 

[SeagullSongs]

It's brought me closer to my dad, introduced me to some new friends and provided me with some way of retaining sanity during the semester.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

An ability to sing quicker

 

[catfish]

A broken nose and some good friends.

 

[MissGull]

I can deal with disappointment a lot better?

 

[Ken Newbury]

My lovely wife Clare and around the same time my best mate Mark - both around 25 years ago in the South West terrace

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Time with my Dad when I was a lot younger, time with my other half now, some unique memories and good times with good mates.