Oral history: Colin Myerscough, 2022-04-05 - 2022-08-03
Scope and Contents
Recording 1 (April 2022) includes admissions interview; Sir Winston Churchill's 90th birthday; student events and Earl Haig Fund; University societies and journals; JCR committee membership and food survey; Kapitza House; Sir William Hawthorne; Dick Tizard, the Chapel and impact on admissions; visit of the US Ambassador, David Bruce, in 1967; admission of women; JCR meetings and incidents; Entertainment Consortium and sherry parties; Amalgamated Clubs and Boat Club accounts; Canon Duckworth; Novels (J M Collin).
Recording 2 (August 2022) includes discussions of characters in his books and the inspiration drawn from people at Churchill College in the 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 2022-04-05 - 2022-08-03
Biographical / Historical
Dr Colin Myerscough (U64, P67 and Fellow 68). He was Senior Wrangler (top place in Maths finals) in 1967. After a few years in the electricity industry, he became a civil servant; most of his career covered energy, local government finance, and justice issues. In 2017, he published a series of three novels under the pen name of J M Collin (Troubador).
Extent
2 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Repository Details
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